What was known as KV62?
In 1922 it was thought that all the treasures at the sites in Egypt's Valley of the Kings ("KV") had been uncovered. But the British Egyptologist Howard Carter hired a crew to excavate the site known just as KV62. They found a downward corridor where a robbers' tunnel had been made and, at the end of the tunnel, was a sealed door that had been breached and re-sealed in antiquity. Carter then made a hole in the door. Inside were wonderful things:
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18 Comments
Bob Fowler
Chriss Crockford, Yes sounds about right. On our visit we had to pay for Toilet tissue to take into a very basic Toilet.
deborahpmercer
Good question, and to anyone who may be thinking of taking a swipe at the picture, how else could it have avoided revealing the answer?
Marian Spitzig
Great question and narrative!
Rob Farr
A great history trivia question and narrative ... thanks.
Bill Coe
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_876.html
Kathryn A. Cobb
Greed by so called first world countries...exploitation...who else would even think to make money off of displaying dead bodies?
Keith Mccormack
I've always been enthralled abou long tut ever since I was a boy . One day I hope to visit the belly of the kings.
Dave Mac
I am amazed by how advanced acient Egyptians were and yet they are only a second world nation today, what caused this?
SeekerOneTwo
Notsure why or how I knoew that, but I did.
Gery Tillmanns
The Boy King
William Hatter
KV632 is a kid's running shoe by New Balance.
lordnaylor
Iknow this because ive been in it
mkrash
Got the answer from watching the History channel
Spike Holmes
Nothing TO notice - correct designation is/was "KV62"
Katherine Walker
We knew someone smarter would let us know. Haha