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The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Discovering King Tut

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Social Sciences, Science, History

4.8646 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In November of 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered an ancient Egyptian royal tomb, the first ever to be found in tact. It belonged to a little known pharaoh named Tutankhamun. This discovery stands as one of the most amazing archaeological finds of all time. But who was Tutankhamun and why was his richly furnished tomb so hidden and so small?

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Indeed.com slash show. the mysterious and unsolved.

1:24.6

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has

1:31.1

gripped millions of people throughout the ages.

1:34.3

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1:36.6

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2:16.6

Hmm. Podcast. In 1914, Howard Carter finally achieved the right to excavate in the Valley of the Kings,

2:19.0

a secluded ravine that became the repository for the earthly remains of ancient Egyptian royalty during the 18th to 20th dynasty.

2:26.6

Rock-cut tombs of pharaohs and powerful nobles had already been found in the valley, which sat just

2:33.5

across the Nile from Luxor, which the ancient

2:36.2

Egyptians called Thebes. Though many archaeologists feared that the valley's secrets had all

2:42.5

been unearthed, Carter was certain there were places that hadn't yet been searched, particularly

2:47.9

in the central floor of the valley. He was convinced beneath the ancient

2:52.6

flood debris lay the tomb of a little-known king called Tutankhamun. Several finds from previous

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