Ancient Egypt - Tutankhamun

1. Tutankhamun most famous of all Pharaohs.

2. Tutankhamun's rule was short lived - came to the throne at the age of nine and died when he was a teenager.

3. Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb gave him immortality.

4. Tutankhamun's tomb discovered November 1922, by Howard Carter, having remained hidden for three thousand three hundred years.

5. Tomb of Tutankhamun one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries of all time.

6. Tomb of Tutankhamun found in the Valley of the Kings.

7. Excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb financed by Lord Carnarvon.

8. Tutankhamun's tomb discovered under workmen’s houses.

9. Flight of steps uncovered leading to a sealed door.

10. On the door was the cartouche of Tutankhamun.

11. Tutankhamun's tomb opened to reveal a corridor filled with rubble.

12. This led to a second blocked doorway, in which Howard Carter made a hole.

13. Looking through hole, saw a room filled with wonderful treasures.

14. There was no mummy in the room, but there was another blocked entrance guarded by black and gold statues.

15. It was several weeks before the door could be broken down as all the treasures had to be cleared.

16. Wall of gold on the other side - the shrine in which the body of Tutankhamun was buried.

17. Tutankhaumun's shrine contained various beautifully-crafted coffins, one inside the other.

18. Finally, the mummified body of the young pharaoh was found.

19. It was placed in a solid gold inner coffin, two metres long, showing the King as Osiris, holding a crook and flail, symbols of kingship.

21. Most famous find was the funerary mask made of solid gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, cornelian, quartz, obsidian and turquoise.

22. Small tomb, but a sensational find as it was the first time an Egyptian royal tomb had been found which still contained an intact burial.