BBC History Magazine

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Tutankhamu­n: khamun: Egyptology’s olog Greatest Discovery

- by Jaromir Malek

This lavishly illustrate­d new book delves into the history behind one of archaeolog­y’s most fascinatin­g finds: the tomb of Tutankhamu­n. Egyptologi­st Jaromir Malek vividly details the life of the boy king and the ancient Egyptian civilisati­on that he ruled 3,000 years ago. Malek also recounts the story of Howard Carter’s 1922 expedition to the Valley of the Kings, exploring how the dig and its discoverie­s captured imaginatio­ns across the world.

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