Tutankhamun's Tomb
The steps leading to the tomb of Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharoah of the 18th dynasty, were discovered by the English archeologist Howard Carter on November 4th, 1922. By far the best preserved and most intact tomb of a pharoah ever found, the discovery put Carter on the map as one of the most famous Egyptologists of all time.

Tutankhamun became pharoah when he was 8 or 9 years old and reigned for only 10 years (1333 BC – 1324 BC). His body was extensively damaged by Carter's team, who were more interested in the jewelery and amulets found on the body. They chopped off his arms and legs, cut his torso in half and severed the head before using hot knives to remove his burial mask. X-rays taken in the 1960s showed damage to his skull, probably caused by a blow to the back of his head, but this was later disputed by CT scans, which suggest that the young pharoah died from gangrene after breaking his left leg during a fall.