November 4, 2022
A Century of Wonder: Tutankhamun's Tomb at 100
In November 2022 the world marked 100 years since Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb — the discovery that ignited a global Egyptomania.
On 4 November 1922, the British archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a hole into a sealed chamber in the Valley of the Kings and glimpsed 'wonderful things' — the dazzling, intact tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.
Its golden mask, treasures and mystery sparked a worldwide Egyptomania that has never faded. A century on, in 2022, museums and Egypt itself marked the anniversary with exhibitions and celebrations.
The timing was poetic: Tutankhamun's complete treasure was being readied for its grand new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids — a century after it first stunned the world.
Image: “Golden mask of Tutankhamun” — Thomas Clouet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.