20 Historic tombs that are still architectural marvels

Tutankhamun was not Egypt’s most powerful pharaoh, but his tomb made him the most famous. Discovered by Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings, it was packed with treasures that stunned the modern world: gold, shrines, furniture, weapons, jewelry, and that unforgettable funerary mask. The tomb itself is modest compared with the myth it created. Sometimes archaeology gives a minor king the best publicity campaign in history.