years after King Tutankhamen died. In November of 1922, Lord Carnarvon funded an expedition to the Valley of the Kings. The British archaeologist, Howard Carter, led the group 33. Lord Carnarvon had already been searching for King Tutankhamen’s tomb for seven years. Britain had owned Egypt for many years, but now the native population wanted its freedom. This revolt made Lord Carnarvon very uneasy and so he decided that this would be the last digging season to look for King Tutankhamen’s tomb 34. Howard Carter had been digging in the Valley of Kings since 1903 and made few important discoveries. He was beginning to believe that there was nothing left to find. Then on November 4, 1922 the beginning of the staircase to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was found 35. The two archaeologists kept digging and on November 26, 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb 36. When they entered they realized that King Tutankhamen’s tomb was not made for a pharaoh at all. When a pharaoh is crowned their tomb is started, but because the tombs are so elaborate for the kings it takes many years to complete them. Because King Tutankhamen died so shortly after he became pharaoh, his tomb was not ready. Aye was the man who arranged King Tutankhamen’s funeral. Aye put King Tutankhamen in a tomb made for a nobleman instead 37. When Carter and Carnarvon discovered the tomb King Tutankhamen’s mummy lay within many shrines and coffins. The first layer that was opened was the outer shrine. The pall frame was opened next. After these the second and third shrine were opened. Inside the third shrine lay the inner shrine. Lastly, laying inside the inner shrine was the sarcophagus. The sarcophagus is where King Tutankhamen’s coffin laid. It was carved from a single block of the hardest quartzite. The sarcophagus was a golden-yellow color and was elaborately painted and engraved with pictures and Hieroglyphics. All of the ...
