Tutankhamun was a king in Egypt more than 3300 years ago he died when he was only nineteen years old when he died people put a gold mask over his face they put his body in a coffin made of gold then they put the coffin in two bigger coffins they put all three coffins in tomb with food and many treasures the Egyptians thought that the king needed these things after he died Tutankhamun's tomb was in the valley of the kings no one discovered it for a long long time
Then a British archaeologist called Howard carter discovered it in 1922 when he broke through the door he was amazed there were gold statues boats jewels toys mask and even a gold bed there were about 3500 treasures for ten years carter took the treasures from the tomb and wrote about them Tutankhamun became one of the most famous kings in the world today many of his wonderful treasures are in Egyptian museum in cairo in Egypt
