Tutankhamun

One hundred years ago – in November 1922 – one of the greatest discoveries in world archaeology was made on the west bank of ancient Thebes, in the Valley of the Kings. An Egyptian boy, Hussein Abd el-Rassul, working as a water carrier for the research of British archaeologist Howard Carter, accidentally stumbled upon the top of a stone staircase leading to the entrance of a tomb.
Within a few days, it became clear that this was the unique discovery of the unlooted tomb of an ancient Egyptian ruler who, thousands of years after his death, was to become perhaps the most famous monarch of antiquity…
Thus, in 1922, Tutankhamun awoke to a new life after more than three thousand years, and his tomb with its funerary equipment, which surpasses the bounds of imagination, and his short life's journey continue to captivate the entire world to this day.
This publication guides the reader through the fateful milestones in the life of the king, who was still a boy at the time of his reign, his family, and his famous ancestors – his grandfather Amenhotep III, and his father, the legendary religious reformer Akhenaten.
Through text and photographs, you will visit his tomb and embark on a journey into the ancient Egyptian afterlife. You will experience the nerve-wracking days and weeks during the discovery of the tomb, and secrets that the tomb may still hold will be revealed to you.