Tutankhamun and the Puzzles of Ancient Egypt

"With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner... widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in... at first I could see nothing... presently... details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold-everywhere the glint of gold."
Howard Carter

Lost to antiquity, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was rediscovered by Howard C...