In a “laboratory” set up in the tomb of Sethos II, conservators Arthur Mace and Alfred Lucas clean one of the sentinel statues from the antechamber. rarehistoricalphotosHoward Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker wrap one of the sentinel statues for transport. rarehistoricalphotosArthur Mace and Alfred Lucas work on a golden chariot from Tutankhamun’s tomb outside the “laboratory” in the tomb of Sethos II. rarehistoricalphotosA statue of Anubis on a shrine with pallbearers’ poles in the treasury of the tomb. rarehistoricaphotosCarter, Callende, and two workers remove the partition wall between the antechamber and the burial chamber. rarehistoricalphotosCarter, Callender and two Egyptian workers carefully dismantle one of the golden shrines within the burial chamber. rarehistoricalphotosHoward Carter, Arthur Callender and an Egyptian worker open the doors of the innermost shrine and get their first look at Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotosCarter examines Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotosCarter and a worker examine the solid gold innermost sarcophagus. rarehistoricalphotosThe unbroken seal on King Tutankhamun’s tomb, 1922. Youtube
