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Metal Detecting Finds in Egypt

1 published discovery in the Artefacts category from Egypt — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Artefacts from Egypt

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Famous findReign of Tutankhamun, about 1332 to 1323 BC · found 1922

Tutankhamun's Tomb: a step under a workmen's hut, and the most famous find in archaeology

Egypt · ArtefactsRef 262

On 4 November 1922 Howard Carter's team in Egypt's Valley of the Kings uncovered a step cut into the rock beneath some ancient workmen's huts. It led to the almost untouched tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun, packed with more than 5,000 objects and his gold mask.