"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...

Egypt, The Valley of the Kings, 1905: An American robber baron peers through the hole he has cut in an ancient tomb wall and discovers the richest trove of golden treasure ever seen in Egypt. At the start of the twentieth century, Theodore Davis was the most famous archaeologist in the world; his career turned tomb-robbing and treasure-hunting into a science. Using six of Davis's most important discoveries-from the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut's sarcophagus...

The story of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb and its discovery by British archaeologist Howard Carter.

This book captures the painstaking, step-by-step process of excavation; and the wonders of the treasure-filled inner chamber. 104 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures.

Provides a brief history of the ancient Egyptian civilization and discusses the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Explores the mysteries surrounding King Tutankhamen and the discovery of his tomb, the treasures found within his tomb, the tomb's famous curse, and theories on the cause of his death.

A collection of articles from the Daily Telegraph's 1922 reporting on Howard Carter's discovery and excavation of the Ancient Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamen.