DETROIT — A century after the discovery of King Tut's tomb, its splendor graces the galleries of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
Now open to visitors, the exhibit explores the personal and public aspects of the life of the famed pharaoh through more than 100 replicas of possessions found in King Tut's opulent tomb.
Tutankhamun, more commonly known as King Tut, ascended the throne when he was 9 years old following the death of his father during Egypt's 18th dynasty. However, the discovery of the boy pharaoh's tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter is considered to be more significant than the king's short reign, which lasted a decade. The tomb contained thousands of sacred belongings and took nearly a decade to catalog.
