The first ever view inside Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt | BBC Global
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In 1922, expert photographer Harry Burton joined archaeologist Howard Carter's team as they uncovered the tomb of Ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun.
Ten years later and with over 5,000 objects from the site documented, Burton had amassed an incredible record of photographs from that world-famous discovery.
One iconic photo from Burton's collection recreates the first view Carter had as he broke through the final door into the tomb itself.
Harry Burton’s photo ‘0009’ of the antechamber courtesy of the Griffith Institute / University of Oxford
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This might be a weird thing I find interesting but… I’ll share it anyway. What’s cool to me is how untouched it remained for so long. When Pompeii was buried, when London burned in 1666, when the United States was founded, when Henry the VIII reigned… all of this was sitting in the same EXACT position. Everything outside, changed by humans, by nature. But not this tomb.
Yes I find this though very intriguing as well.
I agree with you, also I like how you put that together, I feel the exact same way. I get this feeling that I don't really know how to describe, it's just a Nice feeling :p
Cause people believed in the curse.
The tomb is a hoax, its layout is completely unlike that of a male pharaoh and the artifacts make no sense
@@privatepolly120 discovered*
The title of the video sounded more exciting than watching two people guess at what they’re looking at in a picture that was taken 1 month after the real first look of the tomb 🙄
Should be top comment.
I found it very interesting. It makes me realise that while I’ve seen many photos of the artefacts in the tomb, and have even seen some of them in real life, I’ve never seen what the room itself looked like. Like a storeroom in fact!
My exact opinion, thank you! People would not show any interest if the title was the explicit one.
Guess you just lack critical thinking skills then
its a dope video bro
My wife and I were fortunate enough to visit Egypt and see the riches in the Cairo museum, including Tutankhamen gold death mask, sarcophagus etc. Later we visited the Valley of the Kings and went down into his tomb where his mummified body now lies inside a glass temperature controlled coffin. The Egyptian ‘watchman’ in the tomb was a lovely man who pointed out the different wall paintings and was quite happy for me to take a photograph of him and no he didn’t ask for a tip (although he was so nice I gave him one anyway) in case you are thinking that. Yes there are tombs there and the Valley of the Queens that are more ornate but none will leave such a lasting impression on us as that of King Tutankhamen.
I went to Egypt for my 40th birthday. I had an Atlas as a kid and I would look at it and read about the customs and culture of different countries, and so spent as long as I can remember wanting to see the Pyramids and Valley of the Kings, and the temples. My country is far away from Egypt and expensive to get there, but I was working in London for 3 years. I got the sleeper train, and as an old movie buff, I imagined it was the Orient Express. I arrived at 6am at the Valley of the Kings with a young American fella 23, and he only had the day and had organised to have a guide pick him up, he invited me to join him, we had a fantastic day. We were asked for baksheesh (a tip) and the guard let us go into the lower section of Tutankhamen’s tomb, so we were both able to look directly into King Tutankhamen’s face. It was incredible and the other tombs much bigger and decorated with hieroglyphics. The whole trip was incredible it’s nearly 20yrs later and I would love to go back again and experience it for longer. I did get to see a police chase at the Pyramids, a Camel riding tout was close to the pyramids and me looking for a job, as it was summer in Egypt so about 42c every day so not many tourists. Suddenly a cop on a camel started yelling at the camel tout, and then the police chase on a camel happened, it was also a hilarious and once in a lifetime highlight. Cairo museum was incredible, I would love to visit the new one on The Giza plateau.
Thank you for sharing that experience of you and your wife in Egypt….quite amazing….when my wife and I were there unfortunately we weren’t so lucky…..we never met anyone who didn’t want a tip!
I saw his mask for real. Absolutely mesmerizing. It's just unreal.
You saw it in real life?
Where? Thats so cool, amazing memory and story to future family
It's on display in Egypt if you ever find yourself in that location
@@wardog3449
Am Egyptian. The Egyptian museum is 30 mins away. 😂
They display the mask along with his other belongings.
@@WordsAreYou I dream of visiting Egypt one day 😊
If these were items in storage for the after life, it's not clear why modern people feel it was done in a rush, and looks messy. Perhaps it was their version of cramming suitcases and backpacks in a corner of a room - no need to make it look pretty, because it is there to be merely unpacked?
It took Howard Carter 8 years YEARS to empty the tomb.
I agree. Especially since there is no other intact tombs to compare it to.
They said it is because he died young. If he had died when he was older he probably would have made preparations for the afterlife himself over a period of time.
The tomb had been robbed at least twice (probably fairly soon after the burial). My understanding is that the workmen / priests who sorted things out and resealed the tomb after the last robbery are thought to have done a rushed and somewhat careless job. I'm not sure why this point isn't mentioned in the video.
The real mystery is why Egyptian history is stored in a British vault???.. I don't see any British stuff sorted in an Egyptian museum..
We saw the man himself last year. Unreal being down there. I cannot imagine how these men felt. I can't believe so much was stolen from Egypt. It's sad and the Egyptian people feel it.
Much and very much was stolen all over the world. Is a human trait
They probably would've destroyed it, Egypt is 90% Muslim, so thank Europe for preserving history. They destroyed ancient Mesopotamian artifacts, what do you think they would've done to Tutankhamun's tomb?
You met Tutankhamun himself? What is your secret for such a long life?
@@s3v3n3 thank god a robber has stolen my tv yesterday, i would've broken it today, who knows?
justifying stealing other cultures' heritage and history for such stupid reasons is pathetic.
Egypt is opening the biggest one-civilization-dedicated museum soon, it's recently established many other modern museums as well, however i haven't witnessed any stolen egyptian artifacts or historical remainings being recovered back to egypt.
it's not a preservation case you genius, it's simply that the egyptian artifacts are the most profitable in museums tourism for those cultural-poor, new-born european/north-american civilizations and countries which are simply pased on stealing other nations' belongings.
The Copts are what's left of the real Egyptians. The rest are just arabs who invaded and took over since the Islamic conquests, and historically haven't always had a lot of respect for previous cultures that were "un-islamic"
This comment was so funny I deleted it. Too good to share seeya
gross.
Looooolll
An ancient silicone artifact from the great tomb of HeBeenCummin lol
Hahahaha
Several
no unboxing review?
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Bro 💀
Those original pictures (especially in color) truly are amazing, I've spent many hours just looking through them in wonder.
The people of the past were so much more smarter than many give credit.
Plus I loved the BBC documentary Egypt from 2005. That was great!
I wish I could spend a day in thriving ancient Egypt 😍
You’d fit right in since you’re an African lady.
Watching Tutankhamen with a club foot and walking sticks might explain why he liked boomerangs so much.
Play assesin creed origins
You wouldn't last a day my friend. Stop glamorizing the past.
@@ZainKhan-sm8gr
She’s the same race as the people of ancient Egypt. She’d fit right in.
There was a tour of objects from Tut tomb in the United States around 1984. My family amd I saw it in Memphis, Tennessee. It was awe inspiring !
How appropriate to see it in Memphis !
I saw the tour in sf as a child for sure
I recall there was a tour of Tutankhamen Face Mask in United States in 1978.
I also visited inside one of the cave in kings valley. I bribed the local caretaker for that. When I went inside I was amazed to see the craving inside the walls, it was almost like laser cut, very precise.
"but we'll never know" is such a sad statement :(
Extraordinary, I wonder how many beautiful things other tombs had, lets thank to the history that it left us one tomb of such precious things, not destroyed by thousands of years.
Carter had already breached the chamber and taken items, he stacked items to cover his ghosts hope and therefore left the deal intact for the official photographs
I find it interesting that archaeological digs are not considered grave robberies.
Because nothing is being stolen, it's being given to whom it belongs, the people of that country. However I do think we have too many of other countries artifacts abroad. These treasures belong to everyone in Egypt, and they should stay in Egypt.
@@Chezombie I agree somewhat with what you are saying. With that being said, the belongings are the deceased property.
They buried him fast and furious then buried the entrance to his tomb thinking he would totally be forgotten. I also think that they gave him a proper burial because he restored the original Gods. Unlike his father who if I remember wasn't even mummified. he was just buried.
Fast forward many years, you can't even take a photo of the dearh mask in the museum without somebody shouting at you and trying to grab your phone 😂
Wow, that sounds strict. When I visited the main museum in Cairo during the mid 1990s, you were freely able to take photographs of anything inside as long as you didn't use flash.
Duduk dirumah nonton BBC terasa sudah bertualang keseluruhan dunia dan alamsemesta.seperti sudah menyelam dalam laut dan berkelana kesuruh hutan dan gurun.dan duduk dihadapan ilmuwan.I like BBC verymuch.❤
In 100 years, people will talk about us seeing this video, of them seeing the archeologists seeing the pyramid.
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If it was a pyramid it wouldnt have been lost. It was a burial chamber.
From which dimension
In a way that's what I'm doing now, reading your comment
No
These discoveries are amazing. I wonder tho, how much of it should be discovered? How much should we touch?
My great uncle is Lord Canarvon.. My great aunt married him. He was the first to die of the curse. Actually he died of an infected mosquito bites. My family tells a story about the first night the tomb was opened. It was dark and they decided to go into the tomb and get drunk..😂 so they were hanging with King Tut, drinking with him too. What a kool story of these men..😊
That’s insane
@@tobz4403 Pretty fun aye'..
I hope the curse isn’t passed down
@@sweetwillow Well, wow.. Im always ill..🤔
Ye ye stop lying
I ❤ Egypt mysteries 🇪🇬
It’s so small compared to other tombs in the Kings valley ,been lucky enough to have been in quite a few !
You never disappoint!
I was able to view the gold mask at the Field Musem in Chicago with a friend for around an hour without any large crowds as we arrived at dawn and had to wait for the museum to open. Once more people showed up we did a quick tour of the rest of the museum then went to see Star Wars for the Saturday first show for the day the third it was shown in total Thursday and Friday shows were reported as only about a third full. Saturday started about the same no waiting to buy tickets by the end of the first scenes police were called for crowd control. Thanks for the back story of the photo.
Fascinating. Thank you BBC. This is antiquity...
Hot ass yeah? Sniffin around yeah?
So King Tut 's people were horders? I know, they need everything to prepare for after life ...
The moral of this lesson is, no matter how rich, powerful a person is, they can never take anything with them when they expire.
that's why it's important to have good credit.
Luke 16:19-31
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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We do take actually: our thoughts, our words, and our deeds - is often called consciousness - all gathered in this lifetime.
Yeah this is evidential history btw not exactly relevant to references made in a book over thousand years later when the earth was apparently created.
That is fascinating.. I've always been intrigued with Tutankhamun.. what an incredible part of history. The Mummy of Tutankhamun is a very good Documentary on Amazon, it's based on the true story of Howard Carrera.
Extraordinary sight to behold
Excellent video/documentary to whet the appetite….I got my first taste of Tutankhamen in an edition of National Geographic magazine from the early 60’s. I try to keep updated whenever there’s anything interesting published however, there are often times when the source of information isn’t quite dependable. Thank you for your video. Mac
There was also a motion picture film that was taken of King Tut's tomb...not long after it was discovered. I thought we were going to see that early footage in this doco. It was still interesting to see the photographs.
Imagine if the tomb of someone really monumental had somehow survived intact… What incredible things would have been in it? 😮
Great stuff. I always think what the tombs of longer lived pharaohs would have been like
Amazing " hand placed items " only to be taken away " about 4000 years later !" ( very neat placement 👌
A simple THANK YOU!
Fascinating how a tomb untouched by even light for thousands of years had barely been opened before being converted into a makeshift photography studio...
A lot of nice items there, must be interesting close up.
3:38 “i can feel your rain when it cries, gold lives inside of youuuu”
Thank you for sharing.
Very interesting article 👍 👏 😊
It looked like part tomb, part storage unit lol
bidding starts at 100
That's basically what a tomb is.l A storage unit for a body and objects you will need in the next life.
@@sammmywammmygod dammit monster I ain't got no three fiddy!!!
The lack of respect is insane. To desecrate someone's tomb, regardless of who they were, for the purpose of displaying it for profit is shameful.
I was thinking the same thing. Why do they have the right to unbury the boy king?
That's why in England, museums are free for everyone to visit. Including tourists.
I agree, it is sad. This young man deserves to be at peace and he was for centuries until his tomb was discovered, opened up and everything including the king's mummy was drug out and put on display. It's fascinating to see these treasures but it should all be put back so he can rest in peace. 😞
@@Yo-Two It's colonialism mentality that because it's another race and culture then it doesn't matter. When have you seen ancient Europeans get dug up and displayed in a museum?
Did they just enter, loot, and bring them back to their country for their own gain? What if Country X from Asia travels all the way to England, digs up some tomb belonging to their royal family, and then brings it back to their own museum..will that be ok?
they still havent found Cleopatra's tomb, what a find that would be if its intact.
@@purefoldnz3070 it is likely either under water near Alexandria, or lost because it was in an unusual location. We found parts of her Palace, so there is some hope.
@@williestyle35 there was an interesting documentary about it that came out a few years back and where it could be. But of course the ultimate missing tomb is that of Alexander or the Soma.
@@purefoldnz3070 thanks for the info. Alexander the Great's tomb would be one of the ultimate finds in modern archaeology, if there is still any trace of it left. I don't know why I find... the intrigue of these unfound sites so appealing, but even the little parts of ancient Alexandria we have found in Mediterranean waters fascinate me.
@@williestyle35 so much of history is lost, hopefully not forever.
But we have her sister!
I recall visiting Tutankhamen Tomb ( 1963 )
About entering opening of Tomb
a small Grey coloured Bat flew out
nearly hit me in my face, I ducked
just in time.
I'm English, I live in England, UK
Sorry for being boringly nostalgic.
Anyway, Peace to all.
🕯 It was a beautifully written account❣️
(Vivid, all these decades later, naturally.)
Thank you, for sharing the details.👍
🎄 Merry Christmas, from across the pond, as they say. ☺️
Maybe the bat was protecting the tomb!
I wish more was known about pre dynastic Egypt. A lot gets written off as myths and lore , something was going on in that area way back in the day.
not really "written off" but more like put to the side and with very good reason, science and history should be based on what you can prove more than mentions in stories or scripts and things like that. Believing in myths and lore is for religious anti-science people.
@@Christian_Johansson Without spirituality, there is no "Science". What you really mean is, ignore the lies that your people spread around the World. You know exactly what pre-dynastic means.
@@Christian_Johansson many of the greatest scientific discoveries were credited to spiritual experiences, evolution for example. From one point of view they are diametrically opposed, from another one in the same
@@Christian_Johanssonhmmm, ever read about how Schliemann discovered the site of Troy?
@@garotadagavea yes, I have seen a few documentaries about both him finding it and the later excavations. Doesn't change what I said though, writing history by listening to myths and legends is not how it's done.
I don't say all myths are made up but anyone who says you should use myths to teach human history is stupid. Facts that can be proven or it isn't certain and history is our knowledge of the past, not what we heard or read in a fairytale script. There's no way around it.
It's a shame.. but these tombs should never have been opened.
Thank u
Can u imagine being the first person in thousands of years to see that 😮😮
That tomb was left untouched under sand for 3000 years. Meanwhile above ground, humanity went through everything from Abrahamic religions , search for new word , world wars , fall out of empires. Then there was that tomb completely unchanged and untouched. Its the biggest archeological discovery of human kind.
' Rest In Peace ' chance would be a fine thing
4:25 proof the Throne Chair featuring Pharaoh Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun basking beneath the Rays of the Aten. Buried with Tut. He and his sister wife never abandoned the faith of their father Pharaoh Akhenaten. 🙌🏽 Reason for their deaths, I think. 😔
carter had been in that tomb long before he let on sbout it and items taken from it that he kept and hid for himself the hold in the wall and hidden by a basket and reeds shows that hed been in got some keepsakes and coverd the hole
I was King tut in my past life I remember it very clearly crazy feeling looking at all this
Really?
if you touch the remains of your old body, it becomes a zombie!
@@lukeofficial6572 yes
I saw his grandmother and his tomb in chicago in 2008
Wow 🤩 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Fascinating
Amazing.
He shouldn’t have cut him up. He was a king
Wdym they need to see what he looked like to uncover history they did not cut him, they cut the mummy
Great video
I’m proud to say it was my distant relative lord Carnarvon who funded the expedition
How do we feel about excavating something that was intended to remain undisturbed for an eternity?
I mean that's true but we wouldn't know much about times past if we didn't explore these areas deeper.
Learning history and understanding what happened is more important than the DEAD being "disturbed"
The truth of the matter is if it was indeed that carelessly and hastily put in, it's likely hasn't much to do with the person who does but more so to do with something happening outside the tomb at that moment. They probably put all the most valuable items in Egypt in the tomb to protect from an invasion that was taking place.
Fascinating! Wasn't it King Tut who first came up with the idea of a fusion restaurant serving Middle Eastern & Asian cuisine? Reportedly he was gonna call it "WOK Like an Egyptian". Sadly, he became a victim of the first Pyramid Scheme.
Unfortunately the flip side of the coin is that the opening of the tomb set the wheels in motion for this team's demise. Their names may be forever linked to the discovery of Tutankhamun...but when you unwrap a mummy...there's a price to be paid. Ancient fungi and bacteria were unleashed...ironically Tut's death led to their own deaths...just innocently knocking over that first domino and peering into the tomb set those events in motion...
😊🙏 This is like following the real Indiana Jones' expedition into the discovery of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh King Tutankhamun's tomb indeed ... Thank You So Much BBC for this privilege ... 🙏🕯🌷🌿🌏✌💜🕊
The music playing in the background is really annoying and distracting.
Richard And Daniela ❤❤
A bbc radio play called the tomb said they changed the actual version of the discovery so carter and 😮 got to keep a lot of the treasure, is this true! 🤔
Hurry up and open, Grand Egyptian Museum!
Are there any missing items that are in the pictures but not in the museum?
No respect for the dead....leads to bad fortune with good reason
"First ever View" nothing in this video I haven't seen many times before.
They are wearing suites in Egyptian heat? Wow...
No gift, no treatment will ever mend or heal what you've done but you started it now
and yet we will never learn all the real mysteries. just the mc donald's version of everything
I wonder how Egiptians felt then & now, seeing their former colonisers opening their tombs, telling their stories and keeping their ancestral artifacts in museums far far away.
They do same !
So they should be upset Brits preserved their history and taught it to the world. Maybe they should of left and just let the locals loot and destroy historic artifacts like they had done before the brits came and told them to stop. They should be very thankful for the brits
Can't even RIP around here 😂
huge fail thinking you're funny
@@slowery43 It is pretty funny
Shouldn't this stuff be in Egypt? What else was smuggled out with these records? It's a dead cert the Egyptian authorities did not allow willingly this to be taken out of Cairo???
s/o to my mom buying us tickets as kids to see the tomb. when we had no idea why it was such a big deal lol
Where is the other stuff from the chambers that did get robbed? There must be insane pieces somewhere.
I'm not sure what that guy was expecting, I don't think the items appeared to be carelessly placed or his entombing rushed at all.
Fun fact... if you want to visit the Egyptian Pharoah Tutankhamun's tomb, you have to travel to England.
Because? Sorry I don't get it? The tomb is in Southern Egypt the artifacts are in Cario.
I don't know what that means but if it were up to Egypt all of these things would still be buried so props to Europeans for caring about history.
Fact check shows to be in Luxor and parts in Giza
Should have cared about your artefacts then
I won't suffer the curse by watching this will I?
pure myth, unless you are the Earl of Carnarvon, by any chance?
👋🏾 💀
fuk around and find out
Yes you will. We are all doomed. Best of luck out there. Avoid driving behind big vehicles.
Are you still alive ?
Having been to every tomb in the valley of the kings and queens (that are open to the pubic) tutankhmun's is the most hyped but also most disapointing. there is no doubt that it was a rushed job compared to seti 1st, ramases and the queen nefertari...
This video is about a photograph taken by Harry Burton inside the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The video explains that the photograph is a recreation of what Howard Carter saw when he first entered the tomb. The real tomb would have been much darker because Carter used a candle for light. The photograph was staged with electric lights to get a better picture.
The video goes on to discuss the contents of the photograph in detail. It describes ritual beds, fantastic boxes containing food, alabaster vessels, stools, and even a bouquet of flowers. The video says that these items were probably crammed into the tomb because Tutankhamun died young and they were trying to fit in all the burial equipment.
The video concludes by saying that the tomb of Tutankhamun was a major archaeological discovery because it was the first relatively undisturbed royal tomb ever found in Egypt. This discovery greatly expanded our knowledge of ancient Egyptian burial practices.
. Your welcome
interesting that the math the greeks had presumably originated here, we use that for everything, including space travel.
I swear they've been milking king tuts tomb since I was like 8 years old lmao
Look for a program titled, “The Man Who Shot Tutankahmun”. It shows and talks about the photos and the photographer.
I must’ve misunderstood or missed something, because I thought I was going to see something I’ve never seen before. Not the case…I’ve seen all of this, years ago. I even saw the real things when they came to the U.S. (New Orleans) back in the late 70’s-ish. 🤷♂️
It must suck to have your grave turned into a tourist attraction.
This is really really cool, but I kinda wish we could leave stuff alone. But we're human, and if we don't protect it, it will be stolen by others.
Nothing found there should have left EGYPT
3300 years ago the people wearing white lines clothes hurriedly keeping these artifacts on top of each other speaking in their ancient language.
A time when things were built to last.
How long do you have to be dead before going into your grave is called archaeology?!
Usually somewhere over a couple hundred years, generally more. King Tutankhamun "ruled" (fairly briefly) *over 3350 years ago* - definitely "archaeology" to study his tomb.
Very interesting question !
Good question
The answer is apparently 100 years after the person's death. Thus the body of the king's favorite, Diane de Poitier (1500) was exhumed and autosed. We know what killed her.
A person who died 100 years ago was not known during his lifetime by anyone. I saw videos of Native American tribes in Canada. They accepted that the bodies of their ancestors be studied to better know their history by recalling that they are ancestors not objects.
The current Egyptians also want to study their past!
They do what they want with their ancestors.
It's pretty amazing that they found out that King Tutankhamun and his entire family lineage or Caucasian people. The mummies that have been tested have all been confirmed caucasian. From the caucasus. Western Europe Northern Africa
Remember. The difference between being an Egyptologist and a grave robber is a posh British accent.
He probably stole half the things before pretending to open the door the very first time.
Nope
BBC is into clickbait now. This video should be titled “look at this photo of some stuff”.