Tutankhamun's inspiring 21st Century afterlife
"Everywhere the glint of gold." This is how the British archaeologist Howard Carter infamously recalled his first impression of the dazzling, treasure-filled tomb of Tutankhamun./ On 26 November 1922, he had held up a candle to peer through a tiny breach chiselled in a doorway sealed for three millennia. His patron, Lord Carnarvon, waited anxiously nearby./ The tale of the pair's incredible archaeological discovery, after years of digging in Luxor with little to show for it, enthralled the world and has been repeatedly retold./ Now, the ...
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