Tutankhamun, a rediscovered treasure

We have known about the treasure of Tutankhamun for almost a century. But do we really understand it? Several discoveries promote a new look at the tomb of the young king, regarding its funerary trousseau and the circumstances of its discovery. Did the treasure really belong to Tutankhamun? New research shows that the real owner was his elder sister Meritaton. Did the archaeologist Howard Carter and his patron, Lord Carnarvon, steal certain objects from the tomb? Yes, dozens of them, say scientists, which are today spread around the world. This documentary offers a new reading of the history of the king’s tomb and its archaeological contents: a great page in the history of ancient Egypt revised and corrected.

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