King Tut’s tomb still has secrets to reveal 100 years after its discovery

The story of the boy king, whose tomb was discovered in 1922, isn’t complete yet

profile photo of the top section of a gold sarcophagus belonging to King Tutankhamun

The first of King Tutankhamun’s three nested coffins is shown on September 21, 2019, awaiting restoration in a lab at the new Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo.

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One hundred years ago, archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled across the tomb of ancient Egypt’s King Tutankhamun.