King Tut Day - Postcard Friendship Friday #88

Today is King Tut Day!  The holiday always falls on November 4^th and celebrates the day King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered by Howard Carter and his team. 

I have a special place in my heart for King Tut.  I was only ten when I presented a paper about this amazing child king to my fifth grade teacher.  He was only nine when he took the throne of Egypt and only lived until he was 19.  Some researchers believe he died from an accident, others think he might have been murdered.

On this day in 1922, King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt's Valley of Kings.  When Carter held the candle to the opening of the tomb, the golden furniture gleamed back at him.  His partner, Lord Carnarvon who asked, “Can you see anything?” Carter replied with, “Yes, wonderful things.”

It is said when they first entered the tomb, the air was warm and a faint smell of perfume and oil filled the air. To them, the tomb looked as if it had remained intact as the day it had been sealed. 

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