Hamburg, Tutankhamun, an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, ruled c.1333 BC – 1323 BC; his tomb & its treasures exposition. When the archaeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun for the first time on the 26 November 1922, he was overwhelmed by the treasures that met his eyes. Four chambers lay before him, some of them filled to the roof with funerary objects of immeasurable value, destined to accompany the dead king on his journey into the hereafter: jewellery…
