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“ HISTORY ~ 100^th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN.”

Limited Edition ~ MNH Miniature Sheet !

Each MS is individually numbered.

Please Note: The MS will have a different serial number than one shown in pix.

Magyar Posta is issuing a special souvenir sheet to mark the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The souvenir sheet was designed by the graphic artist György Kara. The sheets were printed by Pénzjegynyomda Zrt.

The greatest discovery in archaeology to date was undoubtedly the finding of Tutankhamun’s tomb. After five years of searching, it was discovered by chance on 4 November 1922 by Howard Carter, who had the financial backing of the wealthy English aristocrat Lord Carnarvon.

The tomb with four chambers contained a vast haul of priceless artefacts. The most famous find was without doubt the mummy’s gold funerary mask, but the archaeologists also found a gilded throne chair and a pure gold coffin.

Tutankhamun still rests in his tomb in a glass case. On 4 November 2007, 85 years after the tomb was discovered, he was moved from his stone sarcophagus to the glass case.

The background of the frame of the souvenir sheet shows a detail of the gold covering of the shrine, on which the nested coffins found inside the sarcophagus are displayed. The funerary mask of Tutankhamun appears on the stamp.

Year: 2022.