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Not much is knows about King Tutankhamun's tomb prior to its discovery, although the events surrounding his burial are far from the normal process the Egyptians usually undertook when burying their former rulers. Tutankhamun died around 1325 BC, of which the causes are to this day still unknown. We do know that his death must have occurred quite suddenly, as no royal tomb had yet been built for the young king. Instead he was posthumously buried in a relatively small tomb that was probably not even a royal one. Historians believe that this was probably the official burial chamber of Tutankhamun's Prime Minister and Vizier Ay, who eventually became pharaoh. Evidence has shown that the tomb, at one time or another was actually broken into although the would-be-robbers never returned to finish the job. The reason for this change of heart is still unknown today.
Howard Carter, a famous archaeologist who was at that time being sponsored by Lord Carnarvon, discovered the site on the 4th of November 1922. The entrance was found on the West Bank in Thebes (now Luxor) and was located deep beneath the Valley of the Kings. Lord Carnarvon was almost on the verge of ceasing to fund Carter's seemingly useless expedition when they stumbled across the tomb only metres away from Ramses VI's place of burial. Some consider Carter lucky in that former American archaeologist Theodore Davis came with in little more than a metre of discovering the tomb himself.
The tomb of Tutankhamun is probably the most famous in the world, not because it's the biggest or grandest, but because it is the most intact. While most tombs of the great pharaoh's have been long since pillaged by grave robbers Tutankhamun's tomb was filled with many invaluable objects and artefacts. The tomb itself consisted of several different sections and included, along with the burial chamber, a treasury, annex and antechamber.
