On this day in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter and his
financer Lord Carnarvon became the first people to enter the
tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. Carter had been
working in the Valley of the Kings for many years, but on 4th
November 1922, Carter’s water carrier found the steps leading to
Tutankhamun’s tomb and Carter wired Carnavon to come quickly. On
26th November, Carter made the famous “tiny breach in the top
left hand corner” of the doorway, and was able to peer into the
antechamber (see picture) by the light of a candle and see that
many of the gold and ebony treasures were still in place. When
Carnarvon asked “Can you see anything?”, Carter replied: “Yes,
wonderful things.” In the following months, Carter and his team
gained access to the antechamber, and began the excavation of
the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found.
The first item was removed from the tomb on December 27th and on
February 16th 1923, the Burial Chamber was oficially opened,
where the team found