On this day, 100 years ago, 27 December 1922, the first object, Tutankhamun’s ‘painted box’ (Carter no. 21), was taken out of the king’s tomb and moved to the nearby tomb of king Seti II, which was used as the excavation’s conservation laboratory.
On this day, 100 years ago, 27 December 1922, the first object, Tutankhamun’s ‘painted box’ (Carter no. 21), was taken out of the king’s tomb and moved to the nearby tomb of king Seti II, which was used as the excavation’s conservation laboratory.