[elbook]

“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things.” ― Howard Carter, The Tomb of Tutankhamen Gold still Wows Em even after 3/4 thousand years

[Boogieman]

Good story, but it was BS.

Carter had already opened the tomb weeks before when they first dug it up. He knew what was in there, or he wouldn’t have sent for his sponsor to come all the way over from England for the “official” opening.

[Jamestown1630]

His grave carries an inscription from a chalice found in the tomb:

"May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you, who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness."