Tutankhamun, also referred to as King Tut, ascended to the throne in 1332 BCE, when he was only nine and became the last to rule the 18th Dynasty for a mere decade. The antechamber inside the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, recreated in the way it was first discovered by English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922 / Courtesy of Dcommunication The show arrived recently at the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan District, Seoul, and has been continuing its streak of success for weeks, with wait times easily up to two hours. Since its debut in 2008, the traveling exhibition, "Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures," which features the reconstructed tomb chambers of the young ruler, as well as some 1,300 replica artifacts, has drawn more than 10 million visitors worldwide, including in Zurich, Manchester, Madrid, Paris and New York. For the moment ― an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by ― I was struck dumb with amazement," English archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939) wrote, recalling the first moment of his discovery of the ancient pharaoh's tomb.ĭubbed "Egyptology's greatest discovery," it was an influential feat in both archaeology and academia, as this highly well-preserved tomb allowed the scholars to witness in person the traces of the Amarna Period, as well as the sheer extent of the Egyptian king's wealth. "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. It was November 1922, when the long-buried tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BCE), in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile revealed itself to the world once again. A replica of the gold-plated coffin of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, on display in "Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures," at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul / Courtesy of Dcommunication
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