The marvellous tomb of the golden boy pharaoh Tutankhamen 1335 – 1317 BC in the valley of the kings at Luxor, Egypt


That most intact of the royal tombs in the valley of the kings in Luxor city covered the world’s Press more than any other monument with its magnificent golden funerary furniture. It was Discovered in 1922 by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter when his water boy accidentally Stumbled on a stone that turned out to be the top of a flight of steps cut into the bedrock. He Had the steps dug out until a mud plastered doorway was found.
Because of the modest small size of the tomb. We believe , it might have been intended for a High ranking official and that it had been completed in a hurry upon the unexpected death of The boy king who died at 19 years of age , for whom no tomb had been prepared in time. His Mummy was scanned in 2005  showing a fracture in one of his legs with an open wound that Might have led to death from infection.


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