Discovery of Tutankhamun's Mask
“KV62 burial chamber, October 28, 1925. Howard Carter peels back the cartonnage to reveal the gold death mask. Foreground shows Carter's gloved fingers folding back linen wrappings while Pecky Callender holds a lamp; midground reveals the inlaid blue and gold cobra and vulture; the tomb's silence is unbroken save the click of one of the most famous images of archaeology being made.”
