![How 1.6million queued to see Tutankhamun's treasures at the British Museum's 1972 exhibition | Daily Mail Online How 1.6million queued to see Tutankhamun's treasures at the British Museum's 1972 exhibition | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/04/12/64189825-11389753-image-a-166_1667564734793.jpg)
How 1.6million queued to see Tutankhamun's treasures at the British Museum's 1972 exhibition | Daily Mail Online
![History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Photographers gather round the solid gold death mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun at the British Museum Stock Photo - Alamy History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Photographers gather round the solid gold death mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun at the British Museum Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G5WA8H/history-tutankhamun-exhibition-british-museum-london-photographers-G5WA8H.jpg)
History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Photographers gather round the solid gold death mask of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun at the British Museum Stock Photo - Alamy
![United Press International UK Ltd - Queen Elizabeth II during the opening of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum United Press International UK Ltd - Queen Elizabeth II during the opening of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum](https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/collection-online/2/a/130143-1292729788.jpg)
United Press International UK Ltd - Queen Elizabeth II during the opening of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum
![The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 thrilled the world and looked set to make the archaeologists behind the dig very rich. But nobody could have guessed how much influence the discovery The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 thrilled the world and looked set to make the archaeologists behind the dig very rich. But nobody could have guessed how much influence the discovery](https://www.historiamag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Tut-mask-750.jpg)
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 thrilled the world and looked set to make the archaeologists behind the dig very rich. But nobody could have guessed how much influence the discovery
![History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Death mask of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun Stock Photo - Alamy History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Death mask of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G5W92M/history-tutankhamun-exhibition-british-museum-london-death-mask-of-G5W92M.jpg)
History - Tutankhamun Exhibition - British Museum, London. Death mask of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun Stock Photo - Alamy
![British Museum on Twitter: "Here's the poster for our Tutankhamun exhibition which closed #onthisday in 1972 http://t.co/1ry8RO5pIf http://t.co/0np7l26kpP" / Twitter British Museum on Twitter: "Here's the poster for our Tutankhamun exhibition which closed #onthisday in 1972 http://t.co/1ry8RO5pIf http://t.co/0np7l26kpP" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb3n63SCUAAdSAp.jpg)