Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known ... He saw in front of him a series of ritual couches, gilded with animal heads, chests down there, a great treasury of artefacts, bits of chariots ...

canopic jars and a series of coffins inside which, beneath a glittering, golden death mask, lay the mummified remains of Tutankhamun. Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS via Getty Images Howard ...