Video: '16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun's burial chamber'

(Friday, February 16, 1923; during the Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun) — After 32 centuries, the inner chamber of the Tomb of Tutankhamun was opened today in Egypt near Luxor, as British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team broke the seal and went inside to find the sarcophagus of the boy pharaoh of Egypt. Continue reading British archaeologist Howard Carter unseals King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in southern Egypt 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 16 1923) →