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Beta launch: Featuring records from the unwrapping of Tutankhamun's mummified body (11–19 November 1925), marking its 100th anniversary. More from the tomb coming soon.

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Entrance staircase

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Rock-cut descent of 16 steps leading into the tomb; the top steps and door jambs had been cut away in antiquity to admit funerary furniture and later rebuilt in stone and plaster before final sealing. Objects discovered there are Carter objects 1 to 3.

Object(s) is in this room, by Carter number

  • 1
  • 1.a
  • 1.b
  • 1.c
  • 1.d
  • 1.e
  • 1.f
  • 1.g
  • 1.h
  • 1.i
  • 1.j
  • 1.k
  • 1.l
  • 1.m
  • 2
  • 3
staircase in stone
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