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The tomb of the king. (opening up of King Tutankhamun tomb by Europeans led by Howard Carter)
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March 1, 1997|
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Howard Carter, the British archaeologist, looked out over the Valley of the Kings. He saw sand, rocks, and the hot Egyptian sun overhead. Yet Carter was sure that somewhere a treasure waited to be found.
He'd been searching for fifteen years. Other archaeologists told him the tombs of the ancient kings had all been found. But Carter believed that one more remained undiscovered -- the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamen, who ruled Egypt more than three thousand years before.
Carter's workers were digging in one of the few unexplored spots in the valley. I ...
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