The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt in 1922 was not only of major archaeological significance, it also inspired important political debates, popular culture and new fashions. The Ashmolean Museum draws on the Griffith Institute’s archive to look at the legacy of King Tut on 20th-century society.
Click here for the curator’s introduction to the exhibition
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- Howard Carter and an unnamed Egyptian assistant inspect Tutankhamun’s innermost coffin in November 1922. Photo: Harry Burton; © Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ is at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, from 24 July–2 November.
