The Excavation of Tutankhamun’s Mummy | King Tut in Color

After 3 years Howard Carter and his team finally get to excavate the lost tomb of King Tutankhamun. Using colorization technology, we are able to see this discovery as Carter and his team would have.


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A century after the world’s most sensational archaeological find, of the tomb of Tutankhamun, now witness the dramatic scenes of its discovery and marvel at its extraordinary treasures, exactly as they were seen then, in color. It’s all thanks to the latest colourisation techniques which use detailed historical research to bring the Egypt of discoverer Howard Carter back to life.

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The Excavation of Tutankhamun’s Mummy | King Tut in Color

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[Shreyas_Jaiswal]

Here in India, we have a chapter in NCERT English Prose: Discovering Tut, the saga continues.

[deborahpensa]

In 1978 I saw the King Tut exhibit in New York. It was breathtaking.The tour guide said they found wine and fruitcake that was so well preserved that it was still edible.The ancient Egyptians were so advanced in every way.

[davidellis]

A hundred years after he's tomb was discovered, and yet it still fascinates, I love Egyptian art, It's incredible how they made king Tut's death mask, the artistic precision and detail is just staggering.

[teresaharris-travelbybooks]

I saw his gold funeral mask, in the Museum of Antiquities, in Cairo; in October of this year; as well as his dagger, a lot of jewelry and other things. The level of fine detailing and intricacies that went into making these things, is astounding. I knew I'd be impressed by the large pieces but the beauty of the smaller items, made tears come to my eyes. There were golden harness buckles that had metalwork so fine, it was like lace. The artisans who created these things were superb craftsmen.

[ohreallyeliza]

This is so beautiful. I got goosebumps looking at the mummy revealed. Thank you for continuing to tell this story and adding more information and details.

[twstf]

As of this writing, the gold price per ounce is $1, 866.

Since there are 12 troy ounces in a troy pound, gold is selling at approximately $22, 392 per pound ($1, 866 x 12).

The total amount of gold found in King Tut's tomb was 1200 kg. (or 2, 645.547 pounds.)

Inside the innermost coffin laid King Tut's mummified remains clad with a golden death mask in the Kings likeness.

The mask sits 1.8 feet tall and contains a total of 321.5 troy ounces of gold.

This gives it a value of over a half a million dollars in _just_ its weight in gold.

The total amount of gold, (1200 kg. or 2645.547 pounds, )at, $22, 392 per pound means that; in today's market, the _total_ amount of just the gold discovered inside of King Tut's tomb would fetch a price upwards of $59, 239, 088.42.

(In case you ever wondered. ✌)

[nosny]

My family went to the King Tut exhibit in Toronto in 1979. Seeing it as a 9 year old child impacted my entire life

[Catlady]

Am I the only one who believes the archaeologists were also tomb robbers?
The Egyptians were fixated on eternal life and carefully planned their resting places. It is sacrilege to disturb them so casually.

[vinaygurjar]

In India we have a chapter in our class 11 English literature book about this whole extract . Love Egyptian history a lot ❤️🙏🏻

[allisonle]

I’m so intrigued by the Egyptians. Watching this gave me goosebumps. Unbelievable discovery.

[aquarian]

To be able to capture the first facial reactions of the archeologists as the tomb was opened. Now this would also be a treasure. 💎👑📿💍
(Thanks for this surreal share.)

[litodat]

It’s crazy how they just dig up a kings tomb and his jewel like yeah that’s totally okay

[proudtobeanindian]

Seriously the way national geographic represent history it's just awesome

[WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

Nice job. imagine being living well in your comfortable afterlife and then some pasty, bald angols come along and rip you back from bliss.

[cuzimnotlaughing]

Ancient Civilazition is amazing. The earth must have been in its purest and healthiest form back then. Considering global warming never existed before the deserts and islands must have had beautiful, clear, and clean bodies of water.

[otienoodongo]

What amazes me is the notion of present-day Egyptians thinking that they are the descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

[thecrow]

It's amazing how much detail was put in making this coffin you can even see the Holes in the ears meaning that the young king had his ears pierced at one point in his life..

[c.erine]

King Tut has always fascinated me, all of Egyptian history has. Thank you

[KeepCalmandLoveClassics]

Breathtaking Egypt 👑
Love & Respect from India 🙏🏻

[scarletttroquille]

I was fortunate enough to see the exibit as a teenager in New Orleans. One of the most exquisite highlights of my life. In my 50s now, it's still breath Taking to See and Remember.