100 years ago, on #ThisDayInHistory, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen. At this time, archaeologists believed that all royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings had already been cleared. Excitement about the new tomb – the most intact ever found – quickly spread worldwide, igniting a global fascination with the boy pharaoh and the powerful civilization of ancient Egypt. It took Carter and his team a decade to catalogue and

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