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Howard Cater
Howard Cater made one of the most significant discoveries about Ancient Society, the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamen. The contents in the tomb such as the inner most gold coffin, the alabaster canopic chest, the painted wooden chest, and the gold throne had revealed about the burial customs, religions and beliefs, and how advanced they were at the time of Tutankhamun's death.
The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Cater in 1922. It was the summer in 1922, Lord Carnarvon was disappointed about the lack of success that the team had worked on, he decided to let Howard Cater’s team finish the season and pull out. However the amazing dramatically news sent from Howard Cater to Lord Carnarvon, their team found the stairs (the entrance) of the tomb. These stairs leaded to the descending passage which the other end was The antechamber, they found furniture, boxes, and many other objects inside the room, but as well as two doors that contained other rooms, the small one went to the annex, the big one with two live-size of the king in black were the entrance of the burial chamber, there was another, the last room in the tomb, which was the treasury, this room was the most valuable one, it was guarded by a statue of Anubis. The team could not wait till the official opening, they went into the room the night before and were surprise about these, they found couches, wall paintings, valuable treasures, games that Tutankhamun used to play, chariots, throne, canopic chest and shrine, Anubis, and the sarcophagus! These contents were important because they told us about Ancient Egyptian society.

The inner most coffin of the sarcophagus in the tomb of King Tutakhamun is made of gold and is the body of King Tutankhamu. It shows the facial expression, the nemes headdress, the ceremonial beard, as well as the flail and the scepter. Those were all represented his royal power. As the experts thought, King Tutankhamun died young and his death was unexpected, but this

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