Wonderful Things
“Can you see anything?”
“Yes, Wonderful Things”
On November 26th, 1922, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, along with his daughter, met Howard Carter and his assistant in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt and stood before the sealed door to Tutankhamun’s Tomb. Though they were supposed to wait till the 29th for the official opening with the Egyptian Department of Antiquities present, Carter breached a small hole in the top left of the sealed door. Carter then took a lit candle and peered through the small opening into the tomb. Lord Carnarvon, understandably impatient after 5 years with no results, asked Carter, “Can you see anything?” Carter answered, “Yes, wonderful things.”
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