In 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter made the archaeological discovery of a lifetime – the undisturbed tomb of an ancient Pharaoh. Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy, Channel 4 2013
There has never been a discovery like it, not before, not since. On 26th November 1922 after five long years scouring Egypt’s legendary Valley of the Kings, British Egyptologist Howard Carter and his aristocratic backer Lord Carnarvon broke into the tomb of Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun in Colour, BBC 2020
The discovery was captured using amateur films and early newsreel for the cinema, along with thousands of high-quality black and white photographs. ibid.
‘Presently, details of the room emerged slowly from the mist: strange animals, statues and gold. Everywhere the glint of gold. I was struck dumb with amazement.’ ibid. Howard Carter
In all there were four shrines each within the next. ibid.
Egypt: the richest source of archaeological treasures on the planet. Beneath this desert landscape lie the secrets of an ancient civilisation. Egypt’s Female Pharaohs, National Geographic 2021
Canopus, the glorious city of Cleopatra lost for over a thousand years. It was a city gleaming with treasures and rich in wonders. Famous for its lavish rituals and infamous for its earthly pleasures. But Canopus vanished without a trace and was lost for centuries. Revealed: Cleopatra’s Lost City, Channel 5 2021
Cleopatra’s lost city has been found, an ancient Egyptian Atlantis found submerged beneath the waves. ibid.