The discovery of Tutankhamun became a vibrant symbol of a powerful and independent Egypt. | BBC

Tutankhamun’s Mummy — As You’ve Never Seen It Before Behind the legendary golden mask lies something far more powerful: the preserved body of the young king himself. Tutankhamun died around the age of 18 or 19 during the late 18th Dynasty. When his tomb (KV62) was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, the world focused on gold. But the mummy of the king told a different story — one revealed through anatomy, radiology, and modern DNA analysis. CT scans conducted in the 21st century provided unprec