King Tut's Tomb 5 1 Excavators Die after Opening 2 Silent Warriors Guard an Emperor's Secret Tomb 3 Long-Lost City Lurks Beneath the Sea 4 No One Can Translate an Ancient Manuscript 5 Stone Jars Dot a Field in Laos 6 The Great Pyramid Hides Many Mysteries 7 Nazca Lines Draw Patterns Across the Desert 8 Mysterious Statues Guard Easter Island 8 11 14 17 21 24 27 9 An Underwater Monument Stuns Researchers 30 10 Cleopatra's Tomb Remains Hidden 34 11 Stonehenge Watches Over English Plain 12 Historians Search for Proof of King Arthur 37 40 Fact Sheet 44 46 Glossary For More Information Index 47 48
King Tut's famous golden mask is an iconic symbol of ancient Egypt and its treasures
1 Excavators Die after Opening King Tut's Tomb In 1922 Howard Carter and his team made a great discovery They had been digging in the Valley of Kings in Egypt They found a tomb full of treasure It belonged to a pharaoh called King Tutankhamun It was like a dream come true But for some members of the party it would soon become a nightmare The first person died less than a year after King Tut's tomb was opened It was Lord Carnarvon He had funded Carter and his team And his death was mysterious He died of blood poisoning Legend says that the lights in Cairo went out the moment he passed The capital of Egypt plunged into a blackout A few months later a man who had visited the tomb was murdered Another person got sick and died One man took his own life People began to believe that 5
