Pharaoh's Tomb Essay

Long ago, on this same planet, but not that long ago, a civilization as powerful as the Roman but just a bit after the grand pyramids was constructed is what we now call Ancient Egypt. Before 1922 nobody knew who Tutankhamun was, nobody knew he even existed. Now centuries later, he is one of the most recognized pharaohs of ancient Egypt. In 1922 Howard Carter and George Herbert discovered King Tuts tomb in the grand Valley of the Kings, and the discovery of this unknown pharaoh’s tomb took the world by storm. The fact that not only was the tomb intact and showed no signs of looting, only raised the question of how this tomb, being located in the Valley of the Kings which has been victim to heavy looting, not found by others before? Another question emerges as to the size of the tomb, and how most of its artifacts were basically well preserved in such a tight space. I believe this is a great example of a cache since it does represent the lifestyle of Egyptian pharaohs

To be exact, the Valley can be found on the Nile’s west bank near Luxor. The valley is considered to be a gateway to the afterlife which provides us, the people of the future, and a window into the past. In this window of the past, this funerary which hold more than 21 tombs, some to unknown people, maintains the way of life of an entire civilization. The tomb of Tutankhamun, which is thought to have been constructed around 1324 B.C., is notably one of the most intact tombs found in the valley. Inside there are four rooms: the Antechamber, Burial Chamber, the Passage Way and the Annex room. In this essay I would like to focus attention on the Annex room and the Antechamber, since it did house the caches which are the window to figuring out what the pharaohs lifestyle was, what food they would eat and the responsibility that came with being a pharaoh in Ancient