1881–1925 · Africa · Science
The Deir el-Bahari royal-mummy cache became known in 1881, and Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun’s nearly intact tomb brought Egyptian burial, conservation and archaeology into worldwide view.
Atlas dossier · Industrial & Imperial AgeFree device narration · synchronized English captions · transcript available
Why it matters
The Deir el-Bahari royal-mummy cache became known in 1881, and Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun’s nearly intact tomb brought Egyptian burial, conservation and archaeology into worldwide view.
The Abd el-Rassul family · Egyptian antiquities workers · Howard Carter · Egyptian Museum staff · Tutankhamun
These discoveries transformed knowledge of ancient Egyptian material culture, but they also demand honest attention to excavation, unwrapping, display and the dignity owed to human remains.
Interpretation note
This dossier distinguishes the event’s basic chronology from later arguments about meaning, responsibility and legacy. When comparing religious, national, Indigenous or scholarly interpretations, consult the primary and institutional sources above alongside peer-reviewed historical work.
Elsewhere in the world
1880–1914 · GlobalNew Imperialism and colonial partitionIndustrial powers intensified territorial conquest in Africa, Asia and the Pacific through wars, unequal treaties, chartered companies and settler colonization.
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1867–1999 · AmericasCanada, Confederation and Indigenous resistanceCanadian Confederation expanded west and north through treaties, settlement and coercion; First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities negotiated, resisted and survived dispossession and residential schools.