Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Moment Howard Carter Found The Steps Into The Tomb | Odyssey

[@Orgust8]

This is really without a doubt surely the greatest Tutankhamun documentary & the story of Howard carter’s discovery I’ve ever seen & I’ve seen many of them! The level of quality & every detail that I’ve just watched has been truly special & unforgettable it’s just an honour✨ Thank you for sharing this amazing story once again in such an incredible mesmerising beautiful way truly thanks!

[@synsrfem4428]

I'm in Alberta Canada and am so incredibly jealous but grateful to be shown such beauty with such informed care and respect

[@KenjiMapes]

This was an amazing documentary. I’m a history buff & enjoy military history as well. WW2 is a favorite topic but I also love ancient Roman, Greek & Egyptian history. It’s mesmerizing & captivating. When I was a little kid I was absolutely transfixed by the Tutankhamen & Egyptian exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. One of the benefits of living in NY is having proximity to so much culture in the form of museums, exhibits, etc It’s a travesty that many native New Yorkers never even take advantage of these things. It’s like all the non-skiers I have met while living in Colorado😮🫤 Anyway all those pictures by Burton of Howard & company unearthing the tomb are incredible. He was able to record the entire process of all the work involved like investigating the tomb & cataloging all of the treasures. I was floored to learn it took 10 years to go through the 4 rooms & over 5,000 artifacts. Insane. At around @26:15 the Oxford curstor Daniella Rosenow says Burton took over 3,000 photos. This was using 1922 tech also. Photography back then was laborious & I’d assume expensive. We take so much for granted with our phones & digital cameras. It’s just hard to comprehend. What’s crazy is that inside the tomb which protected King Tut & the tomb’s treasures, King Tut’s mummified body was encapsulated inside his death mask inside coffin #3 which was inside coffin #2 which was inside coffin #1 which were all inside a large granite sarcophagus that itself was protected by 4 shrine structures. All of these coffins or sarcophagi along with the shrines were nested in one another which successively got smaller as you went along very similar to Russian matryoshka dolls which most are familiar with. At any rate the discourse between Dianelle & Dan is framed as if it was a conversation between the two but it’s actually serves as the documentary dialogue. Anyway archaeologist Howard Carter prudently commission prominent archaeological photographer Harry Burton to memorialize the dismantling of the tomb & its contents. The pictures Danielle shows Dan at around @30:00 onward are utterly breathtaking although they can be eerie & a bit macabre at moments as we are looking at a 3,500 year old tomb & mummy. The eerie atmospheric music they chose for the segment is perfect as it really capturs the spookiness of it all. I’ve watched this 3 times already it’s so good. One of the best docs on King Tut I have seen & one of the best endeavors to watch outside of seeing King Tut exhibits. I was lucky enough to see the King Tut exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of NY which is one of the many benefits of being a NYer. I try to visit the Egypt exhibit as much as I can. The Met never gets old & to me Egyptian, Roman, Greek & Medeival histories & museum exhibitions never get old. You’d be amazed at the number of New Yorkers who neve rtaoe advantage of all the museums in NY or the other cultural riches one can enjoy here. It’s a bit like the many people in Colorado who don’t ski the world class slopes there😲🫤🤷‍♂️. To each his own, but I don’t get it.🫠😵😵‍💫🥴😨🫤

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I just got out of the army infantry and ranger battalion after 18 years of dreaming of going to see these places and saving money and restoring an old alberg sailboat. And it is now that time. I am on my first month of living in the boat and will leave Seattle for Hawaii and then French Polynesia in spring. I am going to work my way around the world going to old battle grounds and Herculaneum and Pompeii and eventually to the pyramids. Although I will not sail the north east coast of Africa as it is very unsafe. I share your sense of wonder for these things and I honestly can not believe it is about to begin for me. I passed up travel opportunities for years to save money and spent years working on the boat and buying spare parts only thing I have left is to set up star link and get used to the boat. Hope you get to visit the places you want mate have a good one

[@chicago_race_engines7538]

To think that that area had been searched for over 3000 years and it was right in there face is amazing!!

[@loganstroganoff1284]

It was practically farting on them! Yuck! All that mummy doodoo vapor!

[@CALLMESIR-p8h]

Imagine all the burial spots that they literally walked over not knowing what is beneath the sand.

[@noahfecks7598]

What I love about the photos from the antechamber, at a glance, it looks like they could be photos of someone's garage or basement. It's arranged in that sort of organized chaos putting stuff wherever it fits. It gives it a really human touch to it all.

[@Dar1gaaz]

well, it was looted twice before carter discovered it

[@noahfecks7598]

​@@Dar1gaaz This is true, but I don't think the tomb robbers made off with too much. They found a few things here and there that looked rummaged through, but they assume that whoever tried looting the tomb was caught in the act and the break-in area was re-sealed.

[@bonzolvr]

A history textbook in middle or high school (1980s/90s) had a brief blurb about the floral wreaths found on Tutankhamun. Reading that and realizing they had survived for thousands of years is one of the things that made me want to pursue archaeology as a profession.

[@Oddball5.0]

And did you?

[@bonzolvr]

@@Oddball5.0 I did! I don’t do archaeology now, but I work with several archaeologists. I still work in history.

[@Pandolcee]

@@bonzolvr wow nice to know! I am currently working on my history major as we speak in college, and I would love to pursue archaeology when I transfer to my University! the world is far too interesting for a 9-5 office job, I wish to sink my claws into history every day.

[@balkirsimsekkan4412]

how many times I read and watch from various sources king tut`s story cant remember but never get bored

[@rollingthunder4]

Another goodie from Dan. I haven't visited yet and at 68 the clock is ticking as they say..... I would go to the VotK just to visit Carter's house now i have been made aware of it. My childhood years of 8-15 were spent in Forest Hill, SE London, and many many hours absorbed by Horniman's Museum enthralled by its Egyptian display - halcyon days in my own Valley Kingdom😮

[@theresearmstrong357]

I really hope you go to Egypt. I went there in 1986. It was the trip of a lifetime, I'm 61 now.

[@jannahahmed3340]

I’m in Egypt at the moment, despite being Egyptian myself I hadn’t travelled yet to Cairo or Luxor and but prior to this, I spent years researching and looking at photos of the famous golden mask of the boy king, tutankhamun. I’ve always been fascinated with ancient Egypt. But nothing could have prepared me for the emotions and feelings I experienced when seeing it for the first time in Cairo , in the flesh. Same goes for seeing the pyramids, as I walked up towards them, the heat was extreme (August) and the journey was long, however all that went away as soon as the pyramids came into view, the energy I felt connected with is unmatched. Ancient Egypt and its monuments are truly wonders of this world. 🌎 🇪🇬

[@3vimages471]

I saw King Tut¨s treasures in 1972 when they visited the British Museum in London ..... in a couple of weeks I am going to see them again .... in Egypt .... along with his tomb in the Valley of The Kings: Plus the Pyramids and other marvels of Ancient Egypt. Can¨t wait.

[@2lambada2]

Reading the books containing Howard Carter’s own telling of the find and detailed description of room after room and so many of the items found is so very moving. I can’t recommend them highly enough.

[@emmaj6995]

What are the names of the books?

[@2lambada2]

@emmaj6995 The tomb of Tutankhamun (Bloomsbury Academic)

[@emmaj6995]

@ 🙏

[@charleswhite2351]

Beautiful to see the tomb up close, I am intrigued always!

[@shellyann2236]

I LOVE learning about anything on ancient Egypt! I have so many books about it. I love it so much I had a cat I named Bastet💜 Great episode!

[@coffeetalk924]

So absolutely mesmorizing, transcendent and spiritual. Imagine for a moment that you found this tomb all alone. No one in the world knew a thing. Lanern lit, just staring at the glorious artifacts around you.

[@katthaniel99]

to think that carter was able to see and most importantly found (not only) tut’s tomb but also a lot of things that are made thousands years ago and pretty much still intact is just hard to fathom

[@anieshaevans65]

History is so incredible. I try to close my eyes and imagine what it could have been like living during these times. Even just to be able to time travel and see what they all truly looked like.

[@metalrat8432]

A superb and rare opportunity to view documents and learn more of the amazing details on this archaeological record of a human life! Bravo!

[@alankelter9416]

This is one of the best layed out documentary's ive seen. More like this please.

[@Bullshitster25]

I’m 35 and I’d cry if I get a chance to go to Tutankhamun tomb

[@stanromanov9905]

Me but I take my chance to go in DC

[@iGoatonPS]

I would be careful when going to Egypt.

[@Bullshitster25]

@@iGoatonPS why?

[@iGoatonPS]

@Bullshitster25 The number of scams and money they want you to pay for having your own equipment there.

[@GaaaageE]

@@iGoatonPSthe people that manage the historical sites there are a damn disgrace to the history they claim to protect.

[@DeborahVerret-yp9fp]

History is priceless. To walk where the ancients walked, to hold the sands of time. I want to feel history. I want to listen to what the great pyramids, spinx, the pillars of Karnak, and the valley of the Kings have to say. Imagine the stories they could tell us. Thank you Odyssey, well done.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

I often wonder the feeling these men had discovering these things. Especially after years of searching. The feeling of walking in and seeing those items for the first time in thousands of years is a feeling so unique most would never know it. Incredible

[@daveyr7454]

I was lucky enough to have stood within a meter or so of that overwhelmingly beautiful mask, when it was here in London at the history museum, part of a full display of artefacts from the tomb, many years ago. It made a huge impression on me! I cannot overstate how big. One that will stay with me all my days.

[@NoneyaBusiness-i9o]

I saw the mask in Chicago years ago. I recall the highly polished ebony eyes that literally followed you as you moved about the room. It struck me then why the grave robbers would remove the hands of the coffins as they robbed it.

[@helene8034]

"Fearfully and wonderfully made." That's the only way I can describe his treasures, especially his coffins and that stunning-looking death mask!

[@glikky]

Anyone seen all the food they found in his tomb that still held up today onion/pitted dates/whole chickens. They were so advanced

[@JonnoPlays]

Lost ancient chicken high technology 😅

[@emptythoughts3060]

So it was as a 2000 year old aged chicken 😉

[@Mrbfgray]

@@JonnoPlays Sold by McDonalds as nuggets.

[@scottdiamond74]

The great advanced Chicken Jerky. 😮

[@glikky]

It just amazes me they preserved it so well that it hadn’t turned to complete dust. The chicken was encased in clay I believe in the shape of a rotisserie chicken lol.

[@aavvcc]

Carter had gorgeous handwriting.

[@aretandkjaiebke8342]

The egyptian Dr. Bahaa Gaber is really good in explaining stuff, i like his tone, way of explaining, very positive and proud. Not like Zahi Hawass ONLY PROUD OF HIMSELF

[@Ambassador_Gkar]

Great presentation, even though it is obviously a 'retweet' of a 2022 documentary. Thanks. I never realised just how good an artist & photographer Howard Carter was. Those images of the coffins, in their discovered state were breath-taking. Imagine someone, of today's World, having the patience & integrity to hold back, the urge to open the various coffins, whilst the necessary work, of documenting the detail, was carried out.

[@lt_johnmcclane]

Harry Burton was the photographer. It was mentioned in the doc

[@Ambassador_Gkar]

@@lt_johnmcclane Did I say JUST photographer. I was referring to the artwork.🤨

[@Yo-Two]

Stop fantasizing about the past like that 😂 of course people of today would do exactly the same thing with regards to properly documenting it.

[@souhilbenaskeur1094]

Quality documentary! One of the best documentaries I have ever watched..

[@georgedoolittle9015]

*"practice made perfect"* when it came to this burial absolutely 😮😮😮

[@anil42518]

THANK YOU DAN SNOW I've enjoyed this documentary on KING TUT....

[@jenylass1521]

I just finished reading the book The Visitors by Sally Beauchamp, its 05:12 am here in India and now i am here with a newfound interest and awe about King Tutankhamun. Hopefully i will be able to visit this legendary tomb in the future.

[@momv2pa]

Fascinating. I never get tired of watching videos such as this. Loved the reproduction of that wreath-was so delicate and beautiful. I actually imagined someone placing it on his sarcophagus.

[@mikeheffernan]

Excellent doco. Lots of detail I was unaware of. I never knew Carter was an artist. The floral arrangements, etc. Good stuff!

[@xstalkrx]

Absolutely fantastic

[@sarahpovey6368]

Best documentary ever thankyou❤

[@Michelle-tk9jq]

This was fantastic.

[@SanusiJafaru-u7v]

I’m Jafar sanusi from Ghana 🇬🇭 and I feel to cry when I remember the old history of Moses 🥲😭and wish to visit Egypt

[@tristman8413]

I thought aladdin trapped you in that lamp?

[@faithnaidoo7647]

Don't bother to cry about Moses.There is a greater Moses Jesus Christ who is leading God's people today!!.Yes THE same God of Moses has a spiritual Nation today and Jesus Christ is guiding this World Wide Nation made up of every tribe,tongue and people.

[@nicalev]

@@tristman8413😂😂😂

[@tristman8413]

@@faithnaidoo7647 are you sure about that?

[@faithnaidoo7647]

@@tristman8413 Yes.I am a 10000% sure!!!!

[@deealex1402]

nicely presented. fascinating egypt. always been my obsession.

[@ilovetrancemusic2999]

Just been in his Grave two weeks ago. Small Tomb. I was unsatisfied because the other Graves like the one from Ramses IV was more impressiv.😢 They House from Mr. Carter ist now a Museum... By the way, his Mummy was also located in the Grave in a Glass cofin.

[@teresajasoo2853]

Fabulous, I went to Egypt in the 90 and the Tumb was close for maintenance , could not believe my luck, I am 56 yrs , not sure If will ever go back, rather discover other beautiful parts of the world.

[@FINNIUSORION]

The inner coffin was solid gold? Was it one piece single cast? That would require so much heat in a controlled environment and huge molds.

[@elisabethsteel3382]

Love this video, very informative! Thank you for sharing! 😍🤗

[@Susan-d3b]

I so enjoyed this!

[@beehappy3209]

Just imagine what else is still to be uncovered 😮 all that Gold and items preserved for us to uncover

[@thegreatone107]

So amazing

[@RicardoAvila-ki9wb]

great doccie! Really fascinating work

[@jagathpalliyaguru9511]

THANK YOU DAN SNOW I've enjoyed this documentary on KING TUT

[@oobespoons]

amazing pictures and drawings!

[@klasiks92]

Enjoyed this

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

I ❤ the Egypt.

[@77morgenstern]

Excellent

[@kenobi1753]

So proud to be Afrikan ✊🏽

[@touyu20656_]

Me too

[@ellebelle8515]

I'm glad. I also believe that every human is first of all a soul and spirit, a created being humbly dependent on their creator. How we live with pure hearts and deeds is most important.

[@kieranjones433]

Tutankhamun's burial was rushed because he died young, and his body was placed in a tomb that was already completed. The tomb was small for a pharaoh, and the paint inside shows that the tomb was sealed before it had fully dried hence why you can see tiny holes in the painting

[@PaulNurse1]

An interesting documentary but had to ignore that it was hosted by Dan Snow

[@drixhernandez7449]

Imagine if the great pharaoh Ramses was discoverder her tomb in intact.. its more treasure and wonderful things that we can see today..

[@Tylwaa]

*No, a worker found them* At least one Abu Simbel Temple gave credit to the boy that told an archeologist about it, but of course, some don't believe Abu even existed, because they want the praise. Shouldn't some praise go to the workers? They knew what to look for. Even today Zahi Hawass so many times "I discovered this" with the archeologist who did standing right there!

[@Yo-Two]

No. The workers were just following orders. If "they knew what to look for" they would have already discovered it before.

[@kathleenmholland8055]

There appears to be recent damage to the area of the left cheekbone on Tutakhamun's gold mask. I've never seen this before! What happened? HOW could this happen? 😮

[@raymonddeleon1977]

nice

[@benediktmorak4409]

Already many years ago, when going into the heat,I was told NEVER go without a headgear. A hat, a baseball cap. Anything.But never bareheaded.

[@babisprogd2758]

strange Tutankhamun was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled c. 1332 - 1323 BC, alexander arrived in Egypt 332 BC. According to Greek historical sources, the Egyptians welcomed him. In the same year he was crowned as Pharaoh died 323

[@NormanLor]

I HOPE ALL ARTIFACTS OF KING TUT ARE IN EGYPT WHERE THEY BELONG, AMAZING FINDS!

[@Erikjust]

Its funny really, the ancient Egyptians pharaohs didn´t want to be forgotten. They wanted to live forever in the minds of the people. Well King Tut certainly hasn´t been forgotten, he now lives forever in the minds of the people, and its all thanks to the man who broke into his tomb.

[@thepoolteam9339]

Why is Dan holding that LED light stick in the tomb? It is already well lit with electric lights. We don’t need a prop to suggest to us you’ve crawled deep underground- the tomb on its own is spectacular enough!

[@KelvinRees-k6v]

Carter had in Been in thst tomb long before he announced it, hed taken many artifacts , out well before the grand opening

[@dazzaboy04]

I may be wrong here, but wasn't it a little boy who saw the corner of a step poking out of the sand?

[@candysugar27]

They should’ve taking it away . What a horrible thing to do . He should be resting where his family left him

[@Yo-Two]

It wasn't his family though, was it 😂

[@jabychador5923]

Best discovery ever,still uneducated people spreading rumours about his health.btw latest research showed his bloodline was not pure incest,his death was not of health issues.note:all kings heart were put in boxes with every organs seperate near his tomb.but king tut heart was never found,becoz he died on the battlefield,by the enemy chariot or was crushed when he felt from his coz when they researched on him properly his left side was crushed likely by impact of a chariot weel,his heart was crushed and could not be preserved.

[@robertavies1969]

This documentary does highlight the negative however, we view people in history based on celebrity, and how they are remembered.

[@riceball4923]

a poor worker found the steps for the tomb

[@asther113]

"The spirit of millions of years"

[@gordonsmart6392]

Howard carter actually found the tomb two years prior to public knowledge

[@kevinhoward9593]

34:02 probably half a trillion dollars in gold right there alone. easily.

[@winniedhaouadi1973]

I realy enjoyed the sery Thanks for that But also its a little disrespect for toetachamon to examen him

[@alipeacock3685]

Have been there…it’s amazing ,.it’s was made with about 122lbs of gold …

[@tomasitopena7758]

wow

[@zorromaskedman685]

I'M #422=8 ♾️ Imagine if ancient tomb robbers had gotten to this tomb first😳. We are the fortunate. Putting all on display is a Celebration of Tutankhamun! 🪲2024 May.

[@SmilingBabyPenguin-ux5jq]

Howard Carter is my great uncle

[@ronaldburkett8688]

They should represent the Florals let the museum like they were found and also I would like to think what would you can come and think about his life today are you still living life after life❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😮😮😮😮

[@dianetyson7932]

Who else came from a recommendation?

[@user-tm1oy6ck4t]

The most famous archeological discovery of all time? Really???

[@ShreeRathod-ez7gx]

Egyptian people now converted cheristan an muslim don't call tham Egyptian plz🙏

[@Nathalie-g8x]

What happened to his body? Where did they put it?

[@SiiriCressey]

How long did common Egyptian's tombs get worked on before they died?

[@ilovetrancemusic2999]

I was told that They start working ON IT when he's announced as the new Pharao.

[@SiiriCressey]

@@ilovetrancemusic2999 Sure, but I'm not talking about the Pharaoh's tombs. I mean the tombs/graves of common Egyptians.

[@susanm200]

Did anyone ever feel bad for disturbing his peace? Really!

[@DerHolländer-x2y]

Actually the death mask was not made for him but for his mother.

[@beautifulone5509]

Such as handsome black man! I'm so proud of my history:-)

[@blissyogi8699]

How long after he died did the burial take place? It must have taken a long time to create the objects and masks/coffins he was buried with.

[@ellebelle8515]

I thought they said that the building preparation starts during the pharaoh's lifetime. They are building while the pharaoh is alive to have enough preparation. In Tutankhamun's case, they were less prepared, because he died so young.

[@robertgraves3669]

He had to be in the tomb within 70 days from his death

[@Tywithay]

The death mask was actually for a female. It was evident that they weren't expecting the pharaoh's death and had to scramble to finish quickly.

[@marinafrascella7613]

they would never give him a mask meant for somebody else..It would mean that his spirit would not recognize him and would not be able to lead him to Eternity

[@marinafrascella7613]

they are the features of a young boy

[@Tywithay]

@@marinafrascella7613 He died unexpectedly, so very little about his tomb was meant for him. It was thrown together. The mask is definitely not that of a young boy though.

[@marinafrascella7613]

and yet when I saw it,it was the face of an adolescent male

[@entary4723]

The pierced ears is enough evidence it was for a female pharaoh

[@mattderouen2323]

$45,000 in 1922 money isn't $20,000,000. It's a little over $800,000...

[@Maobacarra]

1:53

[@jega157]

Nothing more than common grave robbers. How disrespectful.

[@piotrdrukier]

And yet, he was a relatively minor, or unimportant, Pharaoh, buried with odds and ends of his father's (probably) leftovers. As much as it is a treasure, it is also a pile of hastily assembled rubbish.

[@martinkirby3100]

Carnarvon didn't discover anything he merely funded the dig carter was the person who discovered King tuts tomb not lord Carnarvon lord Carnarvon didn't get his hands dirty in the digging of the tomb

[@gazza6348]

Who gives these people the right to desecrate the dead and raid thier tombs like theives that they are nothing is sacred when someone can make money off it ...makes me sick

[@kelseypayne4797]

First ❤

[@sankyuuu7993]

Great episode. The host reminded me of Gordon Ramsay if he was a historian.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Annoying you mean?

[@greenleaf9274]

I wonder how they molded the mask.

[@kevinhoward9593]

15:52 i dont see that at all. i see scribble. Looks worse than a doctors note. The funny thing is that Howard Carter didnt even discover the tomb. One of the worker's sons was playing in the area and just happen to dig a hole and found the first step. 20:42 its hard to fathom that those objects have been in the same exact spot for THOUSANDS of years. im curious to how the sarcophagus was put in there without scratching up the interior.

[@damojfowler]

Couldn't finish watching, stuffed wth annoying ads.... Disappointing.

[@Mick_English]

Lots of historical inaccuracies