King tuts tomb biography of michael
Michael Burgan studied history at the University of Connecticut before embarking on his career of writing about history, current events, geography, science, and....
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb is a graphic novel that follows the discovery and excavation of the tomb of King Tutankhamen and the intriguing myth of the curse.
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian tomb
The tomb of Tutankhamun (reigned c. 1332–1323 BC), a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings.
The tomb, also known by its tomb numberKV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. It is smaller and less extensively decorated than other Egyptian royal tombs of its time, and it probably originated as a tomb for a non-royal individual that was adapted for Tutankhamun's use after his premature death.
Like other pharaohs, Tutankhamun was buried with a wide variety of funerary objects and personal possessions, such as coffins, furniture, clothing and jewelry, though in the unusually limited space these goods had to be densely packed.
Robbers entered the tomb twice in the years immediately following the burial, but Tutankhamun's mummy and most of the burial goods remained intact. The tomb's low position, dug into the floor of the valley, allowed its entrance to b
