Egyptologists are still learning about his life and treasures a century after his tomb was opened.
BBC Middle East correspondent, Jerusalem
Now, the move of the boy-king's thousands of treasures to the soon-to-open, state-of-the-art Grand Egyptian Museum is allowing fascinating new research. The country had been occupied by British forces in 1882 but gained partial independence in early 1922. Tutankhamun became part of the ongoing struggle to be free of imperial influence.
Over the next decade, it was left to Carter to unpack the precious treasures in the tomb with his team. He was known as a stubborn, undiplomatic man and his relations with the Egyptian antiquities service, which oversaw the work, could often be antagonistic. The sumptuous rooms at Highclere Castle in Hampshire seem far removed from the dusty Valley of the Kings. But the stately home - nowadays known as the setting for the period drama Downton Abbey - was Lord Carnarvon's ancestral home.
Tutankhamun's solid gold funeral mask, seen as a masterpiece of ancient art, has become an emblem for modern Egypt. Like Carter himself - who had only a limited formal education before travelling to Egypt to join an archaeological expedition aged 17 - they trained on the job.
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