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| Tutankhamun's burial mask. |
On Nov. 4, 1922, after 15 years of searching, Egyptologist and archaeologist Howard Carter and his team discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king who ruled Egypt from about 1332 to 1323 BC. These photographs were taken by photographer Harry Burton during the excavation process in 1922 and were colourized for the 1915 exhibition The Discovery of King Tut. The exhibit allowed visitors to step into exact recreations of three burial chambers just as the discoverers found them.
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| Inside the outermost shrine in the burial chamber, a huge linen pall with gold rosettes, reminiscent of the night sky, covers the smaller shrines within. |
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| A ceremonial bed in the shape of the Celestial Cow, surrounded by provisions and other objects in the antechamber of the tomb. |
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