With his 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, Howard Carter launched a worldwide craze for ancient Egypt. However, many of the pharaoh's magnificent burial treasures have been lost in museum basements and archives across Egypt since the discovery in the 1980s. For the first time since their discovery, all 5,398 items have been reassembled at the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Tutankhamun's short, colorful existence has been given a new perspective because to a trove of previously unseen artifacts, many of which have never been seen before.
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With his 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, Howard Carter launched a worldwide craze for ancient Egypt. However, many of the pharaoh's magnificent burial treasures have been lost in museum basements and archives across Egypt since the discovery in the 1980s. For the first time since their discovery, all 5,398 items have been reassembled at the new Grand Egyptian Museum. Tutankhamun's short, colorful existence has been given a new perspective because to a trove of previously unseen artifacts, many of which have never been seen before.
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