This is the seal that kept King Tut’s tomb closed for millennia
This photo was taken in 1923 by Harry Burton, one of the members of the archeological expedition that opened Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. It had lain undisturbed for over 3,200 years. The tomb was a complex made out of several chambers, and this door actually led to the king’s fifth shrine.
The site contained thousands of artifacts, and so Carter and his team spent almost ten years cataloging the findings. The hot, arid climate and the lack of airflow are why this rope and all the tomb’s contents were so well preserved, even after several millennia.