20 Color Photos of King Tut's 3,300-Year-Old Tomb

In a “laboratory” set up in the tomb of Sethos II, conservators Arthur Mace and Alfred Lucas clean one of the sentinel statues from the antechamber. rarehistoricalphotos

Howard Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker wrap one of the sentinel statues for transport. rarehistoricalphotos

Arthur Mace and Alfred Lucas work on a golden chariot from Tutankhamun’s tomb outside the “laboratory” in the tomb of Sethos II. rarehistoricalphotos

A statue of Anubis on a shrine with pallbearers’ poles in the treasury of the tomb. rarehistoricaphotos

Carter, Callende, and two workers remove the partition wall between the antechamber and the burial chamber. rarehistoricalphotos

Carter, Callender and two Egyptian workers carefully dismantle one of the golden shrines within the burial chamber. rarehistoricalphotos

Howard Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker open the doors of the innermost shrine and get their first look at Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotos

Carter examines Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotos

Carter and a worker examine the solid gold innermost sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotos

The unbroken seal on King Tutankhamun’s tomb, 1922. Youtube

20 Color Photos of King Tut’s 3,300-Year-Old Tomb