Friday, November 4, 2022

The Explorers' Club, № CMXIII

Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars
4 November 1922: The Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb—A British expedition lead by Howard Carter & his patron, George Herbert, the Earl of Carnarvon, discovered KV62 in the Valley of the Kings; they first entered the tomb on 26 November & excavations continued until 1932; meanwhile, the "Tutmania" craze seized the Western cultural imagination, & sightseers flocked the the tomb.
Bonus! Song o' the Day: Tutankhamun's Tomb
Steve Martin & the Toot Uncommons, "King Tut" (live) from A Wild & Crazy Guy (Mike Papa Whiskey)

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