28 original photos of Tutankhamun’s tomb .. on the centenary of its discovery

November 4, 2022 marks the centenary of the discovery of a tomb Tutankhamun In the Valley of the Egyptian Kings, a watershed moment in the world of archeology. The astonishing nature of the tomb and its treasures provided unprecedented insight into what a royal burial was like in the New Kingdom and made Tutankhamun one of the most famous pharaohs in history.

Harry Burton (1879-1940) was the official photographer of the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922. Burton was considered one of the most important archaeological photographers of his time, and here we share some of his original photographs of the important occasion of the opening of King Tut’s tomb and explored for the first time, according to the site ancient organs.

A sofa with a cow’s head in the antechamber of Tutankhamun’s tomb with many objects stacked on it

A lion-shaped sofa in the antechamber of Tutankhamun’s tomb

This photograph was taken at the spot where the entrance to the closed entrance was revealed on November 5, 1922.

Find the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb under piles of debris.

The descending path leading to Tutankhamun’s tomb

A decorated torso and other items were found in Tutankhamun’s tomb

Statues guarding the entrance to the king’s burial chamber

Part of the dam that closes the external entrance to the tomb

true cemetery seal

King Tut Sandals

White chest in front of the lion sofa in the waiting room

The mausoleum of Anubis on the threshold of the treasury seen from the burial chamber. The statue of Anubis was covered with a linen shirt engraved with Akhenaten’s cartouche

Tutankhamun’s Tomb View from the north wall of the antechamber

Tutankhamun’s tomb, dismantled chariots and cow-headed sofas at the south end of the antechamber

Gold mask of Tutankhamun in position on the king’s mummy

Throne chair decorated with an ornament taken by Burton in the tomb of Tutankhamun

Tomb treasures, including a number of Egyptian ankh statues

The contents of one of the storage boxes in the tombs of Tutankhamun

Vases in printed alabaster between cowhide and black sofas

Transport the treasures of the tombs in wooden crates on the banks of the Nile

Transfer of the treasures of the tombs

Howard Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker in the burial chamber

Howard Carter and an Egyptian worker inspect Tutankhamun’s third coffin, made of pure gold

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in the corridor between the antechamber and the burial chamber

Howard Carter at work on the lid of the second coffin (half.

One of only two photos showing Howard Carter (left) and Lord Carnarvon together in the cemetery

Kings’ Valley

Valley of the Kings, where Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered. Many tombs in the Valley of the Kings have remained continuously open from antiquity onwards, but the entrances to many other tombs remained hidden until the 19th century (public domain)