Two Views of Tut's Tomb

With the aid of the online Atlas of the Valley of the Kings, Theban Mapping Project, this photo by Francis Dzikowski from 1997 suggests how the site changed over 74 years. The crowd of tourists stands at the entrance to Ramses VI rather than around Tutankamen's Tomb as in the 1923 photograph.

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