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Unravel a Marvelous Mystery with King Tut's Tomb Discovery Experience at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
HOUSTON, TX, Oct. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One hundred years ago, on Nov. 4, 1922, after seven long years, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered a rock-cut step in the bedrock of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. He had been searching for royal tombs, in particular that of the “Boy King” Tutankhamun. Less than one month later, after further excavation of the staircase and passageway, the sealed doorway to the tomb was breached and what he laid his eyes on would change the world forever: