The Moment Carter Opens The Shrine, 1924, Egypt

Context: Howard Carter discovered the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb on 4 November 1922 after years of searching in the Valley of the Kings. Clearing the stairway revealed sealed doorways that had miraculously kept the burial largely safe from looters. On 26 November he looked inside and saw a room filled with untouched treasures. It became the first nearly intact royal tomb ever found and ignited global fascination with ancient Egypt.