British archaeologist explores the story, and curse, behind Tutankhamun's tomb

Ella and the mask of Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Photos: Blink Films

On Nov 26, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter made the find of the century. Deep within Egypt’s majestic Valley of the Kings, he unearthed the intact tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, a young monarch who ruled over the realm in its 18th Dynasty.

The opulence of the treasures within, and the magnificence of the burial objects, amazed Carter, and captured the world’s imagination. An obsession for ancient Egypt, called ‘Tut-mania’, soon arose. Images of pyramids, pharaohs and Tutankhamun’s iconic death mask made their way into the books, art, movies and fashion of the time.