Tomb of tutankhamen

Question 1

When and who were digging in the valley?

Answer 1

In November 1922, Howard Carter, an archaeologists & his companion Lord Carnarvon

Question 2

How long had carter been searching & underneath which tomb had a door been discovered? How long has this door been closed for?

Answer 2

1. He had been searching for 5 years to be the first to open it
2. Underneath the burial chamber of Pharaoh Rameses VI a door had been discovered
3. Carter was about to open a tomb which had been closed for 3,270 years.

Question 3

How big was the room and how many objects were there?

Answer 3

1. 8 metres long and 4 metres wide with
2. Nearly 60,000 objects

Question 4

With what items?

Answer 4

Gold couches, chariots, painted boxes, furniture and gold statues of the King and his servants.

Question 5

What did the nearby second room contain?

Answer 5

It contained the King’s body, in four gold coffins. Decorated with gold collars, rings and bracelets. It had a life-like gold mask

Question 6

How did this change Egyptian’s way of influence and dressing?

Answer 6

Women wore Egyptian style fashions, popular songs were written about Tutankhamen and a record was made of a soldier blowing a war trumpet found in the burial chamber.