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What did the first people who entered Tutankhamun’s tomb see? | Aeon Videos

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In 1922 , a team led by the British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun .

The discovery marked the first time a pharaoh’s tomb had been entered essentially unlooted and untouched.

In this short video, Daniela Rosenow and Richard Parkinson of the Griffith Institute at the University of Oxford discuss the 10-year excavation that followed.

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61

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56

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89

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formal

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English

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73

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medium-lived

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