Today in History: King Tutankhamen's Tomb

On this day (February 16) in 1923, Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Tutankhamen, the first undisturbed burial chamber of an Egyptian pharaoh discovered in modern times. The treasures have wowed modern audiences for nearly a century and together with the Great Pyramids of Giza form most peoples’ images of Ancient Egypt. Ironically, Tutankhamen was a relatively unimportant pharaoh who died very young. The tomb was not originally intended for him. Thus it is likely that his burial treasures would have been relatively unimpressive compared to typical pharaohs or the greats.