People often ask me, ‘well, it’s not really as exciting as Indiana Jones, now is it?’
I reply, ‘to an archaeologist, yes, it certainly is!’

— Zahi Hawass

Dr. Hawass in Tutankhamun's Tomb
Dr. Hawass in Tutankhamun's Tomb

Dr. Hawass inside the tomb of Tutankhamun, KV 62, preparing to move the Golden King for CT Scanning as part of the project to discover his cause of death.  The results of Tutankhamun's cause of death and his immediate family were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  (Photo: Sandro Vannini) 

Location

Egypt
25° 46' 12.7704" N, 32° 35' 7.6164" E

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