This Day In History

February 16th 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber

On this day in 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter opened the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. He had made the “tiny breach in the top left hand corner” of the doorway to the tomb on 26th November 1922. On February 16th, he opened the sealed doorway that led to the burial chamber of the Pharaoh. It was then that he first saw the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun. He then began excavation of the burial chamber, and discovered the mummy of the Pharaoh.