Tutankhamun Tag

Tourists crowd around the retaining wall surrounding the pit containing the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings, during the period in late February 1923 when the tomb was first opened for public viewing. From the magazine article "At the Tomb of Tutankhamen" by Maynard Owen Williams in the May 1923 issue of National Geographic. Public Domain.

November 8, 2022

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