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Description English: Tourists crowd around the retaining wall surrounding the pit containing the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings, during the period in late February 1923 when the tomb was first opened for public viewing.
Relieved from its 3,000-year duty of guarding the door, a 6-foot-tall statue of King Tutankhamen, made of wood and covered in gold, also came from the tomb, photos from the museum show.
Harry Burton’s photos of Tutankhamun’s Tomb taken in 1922 are on the Griffith Institute Archive with the note: “This material is published with full and free access, providing a comprehensive online resource for all audiences.”
The tomb of Tutankhamun, also known by its tomb number, KV62, is the burial place of Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC), a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor.
Nov. 4, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and soon the world will be inundated with Tut mania: books, TV programs, museum exhibitions, and even an opera ...
{{Information |description ={{en|1=The picture shows the right side walls of the shrines and the sarcophagus from Tutankhamun's tomb (replicas). They are shown in the correct size ratio. The photo was composed of several single shots.}} {{de|1=Das Bild zeigt die rechten Seitenwände der Schreine und des Sarkophages aus dem Grab des Tutanchamun ...