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IFF Interleaved Bitmap Image  |  1993-12-30  |  137KB  |  640x512  |  8-bit (28 colors)
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OCR: Tutankhamun reigned over 3,200 years ago. It this time, Thebes was the capital of the Egyptian Empire and close by laid the Valley of the Kings, the royal Necropolis. Ownership of the land changed many times and the Valley itself became the haunt of bandits. Only in the 19th Century did archaeologists begin excavating. All the royal tombs discovered had been raided. Howard Carter believed the tomb of Tutankhamun still lay undiscovered and began digging in 1922. On the 4th November, a staircase was discovered. This led to a tomb. By candlelight, Carter peered into the darkness to see gold glisting everywhere. He had found Tutankhamun's tomb.