Unravel a Marvelous Mystery with King Tut’s Tomb Discovery

HOUSTON, TX, Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One hundred years ago, on Nov. 4, 1922, after seven long years, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered a rock-cut step in the bedrock of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. He had been searching for royal tombs, in particular that of the “Boy King” Tutankhamun. Less than one month later, after further excavation of the staircase and passageway, the sealed doorway to the tomb was breached and what he laid his eyes on would change the world forever:

“At first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flame to flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold – everywhere the glint of gold … ‘Can you see anything?’ … Yes, wonderful things!”

He had finally found the pharaoh’s tomb that he and his employer Lord Carnarvon had been searching for all those years. Now, members of the public will be able to rediscover the magnificent awe of that first encounter with King Tut’s Tomb Discovery Experience, opening Oct. 28 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS).

“With King Tut’s Tomb Discovery Experience, we hope to replicate the experience of one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries ever made,” said Joel Bartsch, President and CEO of HMNS. “We’re thrilled to be able to bring visitors that same sense of wonder and astonishment that Howard Carter first experienced 100 years ago in the renowned Valley of the Kings.”

This special exhibition provides visitors with a first-hand experience of Tutankhamun’s tomb at 1:1 scale through the recreations of objects, treasures, and the equipment of the King’s burial chamber, giving a sense of the area as it first appeared to Howard Carter and his team. The display reveals how Tutankhamun was buried in a series of four gilded wooden shrines that surrounded a stone…