The Burial Chamber | Opening the shrine doors and discovering the quartzite sarcophagus

One of the most exciting moments while retrieving the tomb’s treasures was opening the large, still partially sealed, shrines in Tutankhamun’s burial chamber. Here, Howard Carter (kneeling), Arthur Callender, and an Egyptian workman in the burial chamber look at the quartzite sarcophagus through the open doors of the four gilded shrines.
Photographer: Harry Burton.
Date: January 4th, 1924

[@Wh40kFinatic]

Could you imagine being these people?

[@ingurlund9657]

They tore up Tutankhamen's body. In getting the resin and bandages off him they badly damaged him. They had a coroner from England do it and when he couldn't get the resin off he just tore it off like some prick from the street. Part of me wishes he had never been found.

[@danielragnarsson3295]

really?

[@sarojinichaudhury179]

Alas ! No one is there to protect the remains of the once mighty king.

[@korn5308]

Yes this is true they were looking for treasures on him

[@vika-br8sh]

If it weren’t for the brits n Germans , some French, this would have been like one of the many thousands tomb scattered across North Africa. They gave these relics value and publicity. Made Egyptology into a study.

[@Uzair823]

Nah don't try to make the white man relevant here , those relics already have value and publicity without the help of those colonisers

[@dragonfox2.058]

unboxing King Tut

[@skhossainali3943]

nice post

[@view1st]

… And then they will proceed to desecrate the body of Tutankhamun and rip apart the mummy, severely damaging it, in search of more treasure…. Not much different from the grave robbers of classical antiquity.

[@tyw12]

Yeah cause Egyptologists rip everything apart and break all the priceless artifacts they find when they make one of the most significant finds in human history.. shut up you fuckin dumbass.

[@ODSA]

Osiris is the god of underworld

[@vergelpalencia8879]

Are you sure? Anubis is the God of mummification and the afterlife. Get your facts straight since millions could possibly read the comment section 😑😑😑

[@ODSA]

@@vergelpalencia8879 osiris ..

[@vergelpalencia8879]

SWAGAT ANUPAM You’ve changed it, that’s good.