Feb. 16, 1923 | King Tut’s Burial Chamber Unsealed:
On Feb. 16, 1923, the burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt. The New York Times called it “perhaps, the most extraordinary day in the whole history of Egyptian excavation.”
King Tutankhamen’s tomb is situated in the Valley of the Kings, east of…