The tomb of the golden pharaoh "Tutankhamun" was discovered, on this day in 1922, by the British archaeologist and specialist in the history of ancient Egypt Howard Carter ", while he was carrying out excavations at the entrance to the tunnel leading to the tomb of King Ramses IV in the Valley of the Kings. .
During the excavation work, Carter noticed the existence of a large basement and continued to dig carefully until he entered the room that includes the tomb of Tutankhamun, and on the walls of the room containing the mausoleum were wonderful drawings telling in the form of pictures the story of Tutankhamun's departure to the world of the dead, and this discovery caused a stir Wide media coverage in the world, due to the access to the mummy of the little pharaoh, complete with complete contents, and fully decorated with necklaces, rings, crown and sticks, all of pure gold and ebony.
On February 16, 1923, the British scientist Howard Carter was the first person in more than 3000 years to set foot on the floor of the room that contained the ark of Tutankhamun.
Carter noticed the presence of a wooden box with inscriptions inlaid with gold in the middle of the room, and when he raised the box, he noticed that the box was covering a second box decorated with inscriptions inlaid with gold, and when he lifted the second box, he noticed that it covered a third box inlaid with gold, and when the third box was lifted, the British scientist reached the stone sarcophagus Which was covered with a thick layer of stone carved in the form of a statue of Tutankhamen, and when he raised this stone cover, he reached the main golden coffin, which was in the form of a statue of Tutankhamun, and this golden coffin covered two other golden coffins in the form of statues of the young pharaoh.
The British scientist Carter had to cut three golden coffins in order to reach the mummy of Tutankhamun, but he had difficulty lifting the third golden shroud that covered the mummy of Tutankhamun from the mummy, so Carter thought that exposing the shroud to the scorching heat of the summer sun of Egypt would be sufficient to separate the shroud Al-Dhahabi on the mummy, but his attempts failed and he was forced in the end to cut the golden shroud in half to reach the mummy, which was wrapped with layers of silk, according to the State Information Service website, and after removing the shroud made of cloth, he found the mummy of Tutankhamun with all its decorations of necklaces and rings The crown and sticks were all of pure gold. To rid these antiques and jewelry from the remains of the golden pharaoh, the excavation team had to separate the skull and the main bones from its joints, using blades and wires to rid the golden mask, which was depicted on the face of the golden boy "Tutankhamun" during the mummification process, and after Removing jewelry, the team reconstructed the mummy skeleton and placed it in a wooden coffin in 1926, where it was removed only three times for X-ray scans in subsequent years.
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