1922: opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun

Photographs of the largest archaeological excavation of the twentieth century

November 29, 1923
Howard Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker wrap one of the sentinel statues for transportation.

December 1923
Arthur Mays and Alfred Lucas are working on a golden chariot from the tomb of Tutankhamun outside the walls of the "laboratory" in the tomb of Seti II.

1923
Statue of Anubis on funeral stretchers from the treasury of the tomb.

December 2, 1923
Carter, Callender and two workers remove the partition between the front and funerary chamber.

December 1923
Inside the funerary chamber a huge linen cover with golden rosettes, reminiscent of the night sky, covers the smaller tomb.

December 30, 1923
Carter, Mace and the Egyptian worker carefully fold the linen cover.

December 1923
Carter, Callender, and two Egyptian workers carefully take out the golden sarcophagus in the burial chamber.

October 1925
Carter is studying the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.

October 1925
Carter and the worker examine the golden sarcophagus.

November 1925
Funeral mask of Tutankhamun.