Tutankhamun | 1. Unearthing the boy king’s lost tomb
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Carter's Tomb - A New Politics
Egypt had just gained its, theoreticall independence from the british. Carter was so angry about this egyptian decision that he actually closed the tomb and left zeheria by way of saeying. The treasures carter uncovered would go on to become archaeology's most iconic artifats. It is the greatest archaeological discovery of all time in terms of the sheer quantity of objects. Never before has an intact royal tomb been discovered in ancient egypt.
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