"NARRATOR:" "Over a thousand years before the birth of Christ, a young pharaoh died." "His burial was carried out in a hurry and his name would shortly be erased from the monuments he had built." "All memory of his reign would soon be lost." "He was to vanish from history for 3,000 years." "His name was Tutankhamun." "The story of the boy king Tutankhamun would eventually become inextricably linked with the life of an Englishman," "Howard Carter." "Carter first came to Egypt as an artist, hired to sketch and paint the ancient monuments." "He quickly also became a knowledgeable archaeologist." "A freak storm in the winter of 1898 brought Carter to the temples of Western Thebes near Luxor to assess the damage and record the wall reliefs." "But it was his journey home one morning that was to change his life." "Morning." "(Horse neighing)" "Found anything?" "Leonard." "No, no, horse tripped." "Ground was slippery." " Looks like you've found something." " No." "Oh, well, allow me." "Thank you." "They're from the temple." "The reliefs have been washed away by the thunderstorm." " I wanted to record them." " You're very keen, aren't you?" "Oh, well, I suppose you could always flog them." "Toodle-oo." "NARRATOR:" "Carter knew his discovery could be important, but without funding he could do nothing." " By Deir el Bahri you say?" " CARTER:" "Yes, sir." " I thought that whole area was dug out." " So did I." "I suppose the flash flood must have loosened the dirt." "So this is a drawing of a..." "The step my horse tripped over." "It's part of a tomb." " So it could be a royal tomb?" " Exactly." " And no sign of tomb robbers?" " All the evidence suggests not." "My God!" "You really think this could be it, eh?" "Yes, sir." "I really do." "When can we start?" "NARRATOR:" "Theodore Davis, a retired Boston lawyer, financed a number of Carter's excavations, and he liked to put on a show." "Ah, Carter." "Allow me to introduce Lord Kromer," "British Counsel General of Egypt." "Pleased to meet you, sir." " All set?" " Yes, sir, all set." "Good." "Let's take a look." "Lead on." "CARTER:" "Mind your heads." "There is often evidence that a tomb has been resealed after a robbery." "But the really exciting thing here is that I can find absolutely no sign that tomb robbers have been here before us." "Excellent." " Well, let's open it up." " Yes, sir." "That's enough." " After you, sir." " No, no." "You first." "You're the expert." "Very well." "You might find the air is very bad." "These chambers haven't been opened for 3,000 years." "It would appear to be empty." "Is this some kind of joke?" "KROMER:" "You were right about the smell." "You told me you were sure!" "You've made a fool of yourself, Carter, and, what's worse, you've made a fool out of me!" "Bad luck, old boy." "(Leonard whistling God Save The Queen)" "MAN:" "Hello!" "Hello!" "NARRATOR:" "Four years later, in 1905, a British aristocrat arrived in Luxor to convalesce after a serious road accident." "Lady Carnarvon." "I hope that you and your husband will have a very pleasant stay with us." "My name is Anton Badrutt." "I am the manager." "If there is anything, anything at all, that you require, please let me know." "I may require you to find a less pretty nurse." "Ah." "Yes, I might be able to do something with the price, but if you're not entirely happy with that one why don't..." "Take a look at those." "I'll be back in one second." "Excuse me." "Mr Davis." "Ah, Carter." "Been a while." "I hear that you're putting together the team for the dig in the Valley this season." "That's right." "Maybe this time I'll find that elusive intact pharaoh's tomb." "One that hasn't been robbed." "I was just wondering if you'd chosen your field director yet." "I have engaged the services of Mr Leonard." "Leonard?" "But he doesn't know the ground as well as I do." "I feel I'm in safe hands with him." "Carter, Egypt is full of archaeologists for hire but there are damn few really good artists." "A man should do what he does best in this life." "LEONARD:" "Davis!" "Davis!" "Look at that." "Jesus, what the hell is that?" "It's a gold pectoral." "It's what the pharaohs wore across their chests." "My God, will you look at that." " We know who it belongs to?" " I'll have to check." "Hey, Carnarvon!" " Davis." " Come and take a look at this!" " This is absolutely magnificent." " Isn't it?" " What is it?" " It's a pectoral." "What the pharaoh wore around his neck." "Pure gold." "You won't find many of them in Tiffany's." "You see, pharaohs were considered semi-divine by the ancient Egyptians and gold represented the flesh of the gods." "Something like this, I guess, must have reminded them that they were kind of holy." "Hmm." "How interesting." "So does this mean you've found a complete pharaoh's tomb?" "I wish." "No, most of it's empty like the others." "Huh, Leonard?" "Yes, these tombs have been here for over 3,000 years." "Unfortunately, the tomb robbers got here before we did." "The pectoral and the other things we've found are a rare achievement." "So there's no chance of finding a full tomb?" "Well, you're talking about the Holy Grail." "We keep trying but..." "No one's found one yet." "This valley was the pharaonic burial place for over 500 years." " Thirty-six pharaohs..." " Twenty-six." "Yeah, 26 pharaohs are buried around here." "So far, I have found over half of the 27 major tombs yet discovered, and all of them have been robbed." "Did find one last year." "Yuya and Tjuyu hadn't been touched." "Had lots of stuff in it, but it wasn't a pharaoh." "Wasn't the whole deal." "That's the thing that we're all looking for." "Have some tea." "Thank you." "Thank you, no." " So how many are there left?" " Three." " Three?" " That we know of." "We intend to find them all, don't we, Leonard?" " May I?" " By all means." "Help yourself." "I found that under a rock." "Bear's the cartouche of someone called Tutankhamun." " Is he a pharaoh?" " Leonard seems to think he is." "Well, the references we have to him are few and far between, I'm afraid." "But he's buried here?" "Probably." "Most of them are, but then again, he could be in another valley or, well, anywhere, really." "We don't know." "Well, wherever he is, this is very pretty." " I hope you find him." " DAVIS:" "Hmm, we will." "Tutankhamun was just eight years old when he became king." "These were dark times." "His father had been a heretic, defying the traditional gods." "Temples lay in ruins." "The empire was under threat." "Now Egyptians looked to the new pharaoh to return their land to greatness." "He would have a new name." "Tutankhamun was given to him after becoming king." "It means "the living image of Amun", in honour of the greatest of Egypt's gods." "This sent a clear message." "Egypt's ancient religion and culture would be restored." "Tutankhamun's reign promised to be a glorious new beginning." "Fascinating those things Davis showed us, didn't you think?" "Hmm." "You know, I wouldn't mind doing a little digging." "No, you're here to get well and recover." "Digging's hardly driving a car." "There won't be an accident." "Besides, looks like fun." "Then you better hurry up before Mr Davis finds everything." "DAVIS:" "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome and thanks for coming." "I have invited you all here today to watch the opening of some jars I've recently discovered in the Valley of the Kings." "I don't know what's in them, maybe nothing at all, but Leonard here seems to think they're worth opening." "He says they may have been stolen... from a royal tomb." "We can't be sure of that until we actually open them, sir." "DAVIS:" "Let's take a look." "(Davis grunting)" "Now, they may be 3,000 years old, but they're still pretty strong." "Ah!" "Got it." "Mr Leonard, if you please." "A decorated collar of papyrus." "Beautiful." "Some bags... of what appear to be salt." "And... linen bandages." "Linen bandages, eh?" "A load of old rubbish." "Anything else in there, Leonard?" "Nothing that would be of any interest to you, sir, no." "I was given to understand that Mr Davis had made a valuable contribution to archaeology in Egypt." "Mr Davis is an amateur and a fool." "May not the amateur and the professional both make a contribution?" "Yes, but all he cares about is showing off." "For him, archaeology is about ensuring that the name of" "Theodore Davis isn't forgotten by history." "Is that such a terrible thing?" "We'd all like to be remembered, wouldn't we?" "You wouldn't by any chance be Mr Carter, would you?" "Yes, I am." "How did you know who I was?" "I was told to look out for the rudest man in Luxor." "(Carter chuckles quietly)" "Tell me, how does one go about getting started on this digging business?" " Are you serious?" " Yes, I rather think I am." "LORD CARNARVON:" "It seems to me that archaeology is a fine, scholarly pursuit, with all the excitement of gold prospecting." "I suppose there's something in that." "MAN:" "Hello, sir." "LORD CARNARVON:" "Hello." "Would the gentleman buy something?" "A very nice piece from the tomb of a pharaoh." " Looks good." "It's original." " That is very nice." " It's a fake." " MAN:" "What?" "No, sir." "It's not fake." "(Speaking Arabic)" "How could you tell it was a fake?" "The paint is barely dry." "Ah!" "It's not always so easy." "Sometimes you have to live with something for a while before you can assess its true value." "If it's genuine then, like all really good art, it will appear better every day." "If it's fake, familiarity will certainly breed contempt." "Look up there." "Can you see the beauty of the line in the relief?" "The wonderful thing about Egyptian art is its immense dignity and restraint." "Only the ancient Egyptians could have produced it." "A sense of the sacred that was in their everyday lives and their art, was made with eternity in mind." "You can't fake that." "I'm sorry." "I can be a bore on the subject." "Would you like to come and work for me, Mr Carter?" "Careful!" "(Speaking Arabic)" "It's not a bloody garden." "Ali." "This is a good place, is it?" "Unfortunately, Davis has the only permit to dig in the Valley of the Kings, so that's off limits to us." "But Carter says this is a very promising spot." "MAN:" "Mr Carter!" "(Man speaking Arabic)" "Beautiful, isn't it?" "Beautiful." "What is it?" "Davis said he intended to uncover every tomb in the Valley of the Kings." "Do you think it's possible he might succeed?" "As far as we know, there are only two royal tombs left in the Valley, the Pharaohs Horemheb and Tutankhamun." "So, yes, I suppose it's possible." "He also said Tutankhamun might not even be in the Valley." "I doubt that." "I wonder if Davis could be persuaded to share his permit" " to dig in the Valley of the Kings." " I doubt that, too." "But he's an old man." "Hopefully he'll drop dead one day." " Found anything, Leonard?" " Could be, sir, take a look at this." "What is it?" "A pharaonic cartouche." " Look." " What?" "Hor... em..." "BOTH:" "Heb." "Horemheb, my God, Leonard." "You know what this means, don't you?" "And then there was one." "(Chuckling)" "DAVIS:" "All we need now is Tutankhamun." "As Pharaoh, Tutankhamun had to perform one vital task." "He had to take a queen." "Ankhesamun was considered the perfect choice." "She was his sister." "An incestuous marriage would ensure that power remained within the family." "It also suited Egypt's military leader, Ay, who effectively ran the country." "He would have been keen to see that no other officials gained undue influence through marriage." "To mark the dawn of the new era," "Tutankhamun's government began the restoration of Egypt's great temples." "But for the King, the most important new building work would be his tomb." "First, a site had to be found in the Valley of the Kings." "Ay himself may have selected it." "He was probably familiar with the Valley, having already started to build his own tomb here." "(Man grunting)" "Well, what have we got?" "Not sure." " Got to be Tutankhamun." " Yeah, could be." "Let's get in." "Ali, I want some further left." "I told you." "(Speaking Arabic)" " Ali." " Yes, sir." "Bring me up ten more feet." "Thank you." "(Speaking Arabic)" "What?" "What's happening?" "What did he say?" "He said that Davis has found a new tomb." "They think it's Tutankhamun." " Hey, Carnarvon." " Teddy." "What news?" "The Valley of the Kings is history, pal." "We got him." " Tutankhamun?" " Tutankhamun, you bet." "I said we'd get him and we got him." " Well, congratulations." " Thank you." "DAVIS:" "Thank God, now I can retire." "I need a drink." " Is it him?" " Well, it's too soon to tell, but, yeah, it could be." "I see." "I don't believe him." "What we saw today was not a tomb." "It was a pit." "They turn up all the time." "Davis said he found some material bearing the name of Tutankhamun." "Maybe he did, that's perfectly possible, but that does not make it a tomb." "It looked like a tomb to me." "Of course it did, but there were no hieroglyphs, no carvings, no cartouche, none of the things that have pointed out every single royal tomb that's ever been found." " So why would Davis say it?" " I don't know." "He's sick, he wants to go home, and most importantly, he wants to be the man who found the last pharaoh's tomb in the Valley." "What about Leonard?" "What does he think?" "He wouldn't say." "He doesn't want to deny his boss." "I promise you, sir, what you saw today was not a royal tomb." " So you think he's still out there, do you?" " Yes, I do." " In the Valley?" " In the Valley." "Morning, Carnarvon." " Teddy, how are you?" "All done?" " Yep." "Glad to be going." "I thought I might take up your concession." "Oh, don't waste your money." "Take it from me, the Valley of the Kings is dug out." "There's nothing left." " Not much left of me either." " Carter doesn't agree with you." "Carter is chasing rainbows." "He still believes there's an intact royal tomb out there." " Lf there was, I would have found it." " He seems so sure." "Carter once told me he was sure of something, made me look a fool." "Don't be taken in by him, George." "The man's a daydreamer." "Safe home." "Been a pleasure." "Lady Carnarvon." "Perhaps you should listen to Mr Davis." "I saw Davis this morning." "He was leaving." "Well, you know my thoughts there... no great loss." "So, how are you doing up here?" "All settled in, are you?" "Yes, yes, it's most pleasant." "Thank you." "Good." "What do you make of this?" " You bought this?" " I have it on approval." " What do you think?" " It's a fake." "I thought as much." "I took your advice." "I've been living with the thing for the last few days and it just didn't seem quite right." "You know, I really think I'm beginning to get a feel for this Egyptology business." "Good." "I'm pleased." "I think we should apply for the concession to dig in the Valley." "(Muezzin calling)" "So, you do not believe the Valley is empty?" "That's correct." "Davis claimed to have found everything." "If you don't mind me saying so, Mr Davis is a fool." "Lord Carnarvon doesn't believe that Davis found the tomb of Tutankhamun." " But Lord Carnarvon is an amateur, is he not?" " Maybe so." "But I agree with him." "Well, I am very happy to grant you the permit." "One year with an option to renew for five years, subject to our approval." "Good." "Let's hope it won't take that long." "Indeed." "These are the usual terms and conditions." "There has been a small increase in the annual fee, but I understand" "His Lordship is a wealthy man so..." "I don't think there'll be a problem, as long as Lord Carnarvon is allowed to recover his costs through the sale of antiquities." "That may not be possible." "Things have changed since you worked here." "It would require negotiation on each item." "You must understand, Monsieur Carter, this country is no longer a playground for European treasure hunters." " I'm not a treasure hunter." " Of course not." "I may be French but my job is to safeguard the heritage of Egypt." "Return the contract when you are ready." "I hope the Valley will reward your efforts." "You have waited a long time for this, have you not?" "Yes." "Almost 20 years." "Let us hope it will be worth the wait." "This is a map of the Valley." "As you can see, the whole area that we're interested in is covered in the debris from other digs." "So, first of all, what I've done is to divide the entire area into grids." "That way we'll know exactly what we've looked at and where." "Then, what I propose is that we clear away the old debris, get right down to the rock floor, and only then can we begin to excavate properly." "That way we'll stand the best chance of finding something that others may have missed." " Then I think we should get started, don't you?" " Yes, sir." "Ali!" "(Ali speaking Arabic)" " Morning, Carter." " Morning, sir." "Hello." "Carter!" "Lady Carnarvon!" "My husband asked me to come and see you." "We've got to leave." "Leave?" "War, with the Germans." " What?" " Everything has to stop." "Government orders." "During the war, Carter was attached to British Intelligence in Cairo as a translator, and he returned to painting." "(Lively jazz music playing)" "Ah!" "Lord Carnarvon, Lady Carnarvon, it is so good to see you back." "For years I have seen nothing but soldiers." "So many uniforms." "Now at last, the world returns to normal." "Oh, darling, don't hurtle." "Anton, this is my daughter, Evelyn." "Enchante, mademoiselle." "I'm going to see Howard to give him his present." " Hello." " Hello." "(Jazz music playing on gramophone)" "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "Howard, I've come to the conclusion that musically, rhythmically, anatomically and spiritually, you are just not made for dancing." "I did warn you I was no good at this." "Thank you for the gramophone." "Everyone should have music in their lives." "Do give me a cigarette." "Does your mother know you smoke?" "Really, Howard." "You're the last of the Victorians." "I make no excuses for being old-fashioned." "Pops is very excited to be back in Egypt." "He can't wait to start digging again." "Are you going to find tons of gold?" " I don't know about that." " Isn't that why you do all this digging?" "No." "No, that's not why I dig at all." "Then what is it about?" "Everything I've learnt about the ancient Egyptians tells me that theirs was a culture unlike any other." "I want to know more about them." "I want to know... everything about them." "Obviously, I can't, I won't, but... if I could just dispel the shadows a little, see a little further into the darkness." "That is why I dig." "Shall we try again?" " I'm really not sure I'm worth the effort." " I'll be the judge of that." "CARTER:" "Oh, no, no, it's all gone again." "Okay, start again." "Start again." "EVELYN:" "Ready?" "CARTER:" "Yes." "No, it's no good." " Let's keep going on that one." " Okay, sir." "(Speaking Arabic)" "LADY CARNARVON:" "How much longer can you afford to pay Carter to move rocks from one place to another?" "He has a system." "And as a means of redistributing rocks, it is second to none." "Most of the excavations carried out in the Valley have been very sloppy." "Carter wants to be thorough." "Well, he certainly leaves no stone unturned." "Ali!" " Morning, Carter." " Morning." "A word if I may." " LADY CARNARVON:" "Did you tell him?" " Yes." "What did you say?" "That we were leaving." "That I couldn't afford this any more, what with the war and everything." "What about thinking that perhaps people were right, that his tomb might not even be in the Valley?" "I told him that, too." "He was good enough to admit that it could be true." "So when will he stop?" "I gave him another month, till the end of the season." "You did the right thing, George." "(Telephone ringing)" " Hello." " Leonard, is that you?" " Herbert, here." " Herbert, hello, how are you?" "(Knocking at door)" " Leonard." " Sorry, old bean, bit out of puff." "I just had a call from Winlock at the Met." "The Met?" "Metropolitan Museum, New York." "Winlock is their Egypt man." "Do you remember those jars that Davis and I dug up?" "Well, apparently they've been lying around in the cellar for years." "He finally gets an opportunity to take a look at them, and he tells me that they definitely contain embalming materials." "Oh, and part of the funerary feast of Tutankhamun." "Which means his tomb must be in the Valley." "Exactly." "Oh, my God." "I thought you should know." "Sorry." "Would you like a drink?" "I thought you'd never ask." "Why did you come and tell me?" "Well, I had a good run with Davis, didn't I?" "It's your turn now." "You always were the best of us." "If you can't find him, nobody will." "Good luck." "It was essential for Tutankhamun's tomb to remain undisturbed if he was to have a successful passage into the afterlife." "The plan was that beyond a concealed entrance, a tunnel would lead deep into the rock to a series of magnificent chambers which would be filled with treasures for his final journey." "Work on the tomb would be carried out in secrecy until the day of the pharaoh's death." "For the young Tutankhamun, the need for a tomb must have seemed remote, but it was to prove more urgent than either he or his queen could have imagined." "You understand the significance." "Those jars contain the debris from the mummification process, natron and linen bandages." "It means that he must be buried there." "I see." "There's still six or seven grid sections left." "I know, but he must be there." "He must." "I'm sorry, old man." "I'm not sure I have the same appetite I once had." "I know that the last few years haven't delivered much in the way of results," " but..." " It's an expensive game, one I can no longer pursue." "Would you allow me to continue the dig by myself, using your permit?" "I will finance the excavations, but obviously anything that we do find will still belong to you under the terms of the concession." " You're not a rich man." " I have enough." "You're that confident?" "No." "No, I wouldn't say that I'm confident exactly." "I need to finish what I started." "I couldn't accept such a one-sided arrangement." "One final season, then." "But I shall pay the bills." "In fact, I insist upon it." "(Speaking Arabic)" "Come on." "LEONARD:" "One square left?" "Yes." "Right next to where you and Davis thought you'd found him." " The workman's huts?" " Yes." "LEONARD:" "Have you ever wondered how old those workman's huts are?" "They date back to Ramesses VI, don't they?" "I'd always thought that they'd been built for his tomb builders." "Yes, me too, but..." "Ramesses came 200 years after Tutankhamun, didn't he?" "Which would mean that..." "There was nothing there when Tutankhamun was buried." "And whatever lies underneath must be untouched." "Mr Carter!" "Mr Carter!" "(Speaking Arabic)" "Show me." " LORD CARNARVON:" "Morning, Carter." " You've arrived." "LORD CARNARVON:" "Is it all dug out?" "We're ready." "Marvellous, just marvellous." "And only a spit away from Teddy Davis's last tomb in the Valley." "Ha!" "Well done, old chap." "So much for American know-how, eh?" " Don't be so sure." " What do you mean?" "Tomb robbers?" "It could be, yes." "Come on." "This is what troubles me." "The fill's a different colour, which means the tomb robbers probably got through here." "Why would they bother plastering it over and filling the tunnel up again?" "I can't stand this." "For God's sake, break it." "Ali." "(Tool clanking)" "Ali." "LORD CARNARVON:" "What can you see?" "Can you see anything?" "Yes." "Wonderful things." "Wonderful things." "LORD CARNARVON:" "Let's open it up, shall we?" "Ali." "My God." "I don't believe it." "Look at it." "What are they?" "Beds, tables, I'm not sure." " They look as though they were made yesterday." " They're over 3,000 years old." "It's incredible." " There's only one thing." " What?" "Where is he?" "There's no other doorway." "You don't think this is just a storeroom, do you?" " Some storeroom, Pops." " There must be another chamber." "Yes, look, there's a doorway here." "LORD CARNARVON:" "Is that it?" "Let's break through." " We're not allowed, it's against the rules." " What?" "(Speaking Arabic)" "Look, it's quite straightforward." "We are not allowed to break through unless Lacau or one of his inspectors is here." "Oh, to hell with the rules." "I'm damned if I see why we have to wait for some pipsqueak French bureaucrat." "He could revoke your permit." "We could lose the tomb." "Howard's right, Pops." " Well, why tell him, then?" " What?" "Look, all I'm asking is that we have a quick peek to see what's there." "After all the money and effort I've put into this place," "I'd say it's the least I'm entitled to." " What if he finds out?" " We deny it of course." "Have a look, cover up the hole, say nothing." "I daren't make it any bigger." "You first." "No, let Evelyn go." "Look at this." "This is it." "This is the shrine." "How on earth did they get it in?" " We're not the first." " There's no seal." "Open it up." " Oh, my God." " There's another set." "It's intact." "The seal's unbroken." "My goodness, he's in there." "We've really hit the jackpot, Howard." " Congratulations." " Thank you." "We should go now." "Of course." "(Doors creaking)" "I've found you." "Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player" " So Davis was wrong after all?" " Well, I never did believe him." "And only a few yards from where he thought the tomb was." " That's right." " Well, you deserve it, Monsieur Carter." "I shall come and inspect the tomb tomorrow." "This is a most excellent day for our department and for the country." "I shall arrange storage facilities at the Cairo Museum." "No." "It's far too early to involve the museum." "Whatever we do, nothing must be rushed." "These things are precious." "I understand." "All care will be taken." "I'm putting together a team of experts." "I've already contacted the Metropolitan Museum as well as our own British specialists." "This is a huge task." "Please do not forget there are national interests to be considered." "That may be so but this must be preserved for all posterity." "That is far more important than the concerns of any single nation." "And as His Lordship's field director, I intend to ensure that the correct procedures are followed at all times." "I hope that's clear." "This is an Egyptian tomb, Monsieur Carter." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Follow me." "And if I may remind you, please don't touch the walls or any of the objects inside the tomb." "Oh!" "Extraordinaire." "Quite extraordinary." "I do congratulate you." "Thank you." "So, this is what, do you suppose?" "It would appear to be the first of one or more antechambers." "As you can see, there's another small chamber through a hole near the floor here." "Ah, oui." "And at the far end, the entrance to the remainder of the tomb." " But you have not looked through?" " Of course not." "You are sure this is indeed a tomb and not just a cache?" "This is remarkable, but for a royal tomb it does seem quite small." "I'm not sure of anything yet." "Please don't touch." "At least not until it's been photographed." "I'm sorry." "I'm glad to see that the instincts of the scholar have not been overtaken by those of the treasure hunter." "I was never a treasure hunter, Monsieur Lacau." "Very well, you may proceed." "I shall leave my inspector, Monsieur Ibrahim Mohammed, to attend on my behalf." "You'd be so kind as to give your reports to him." "And please, let me know when you are ready to break through." "Of course." "I would also be most grateful if you would arrange for a steel gate with a lock to be placed at the entrance of the tomb." "We do not want any tomb robbers, do we?" "Tutankhamun's tomb was to bring to the world the story of a dark age in the history of ancient Egypt." "After a time of revolution, a boy king had come to the throne." "In Tutankhamun's name, Egyptians were promised a new beginning." "Old monuments were rebuilt, traditional religion restored, and the new king was given a queen, his sister, Ankhesamun." "In keeping with tradition, a site in the Valley of the Kings was selected for the pharaoh's burial, an event that was to come sooner than the young king could have imagined." "Good afternoon, gentlemen." " Good afternoon." " Good afternoon, Howard." "First of all, thank you all for coming." "Now... as you can see, what we know about the tomb so far is limited." "We have no idea what lies behind this wall and before we make an opening, I propose that each item in this chamber be individually numbered and annotated." "Harry Burton will then take a photograph in situ." "Sorry to drag you away from Italy, Harry." "A brief description will then be made either by myself or by Arthur Mace, who has kindly agreed to join us from the Met." "I wouldn't miss this one for anything." "Then, and only then, will removal begin." "This is where we need to be particularly careful, gentlemen, and that is why I have called upon Pecky Callender's engineering skills to help us with the dismantling of the larger objects." "Once outside, everything will be brought here." "I would ask you all to pay particular attention to any papyrus rolls that we might find." "Now, I understand that they may not be as glamorous as many of the other objects, but their writings will tell us far more about who these people actually were." "Alan Gardiner will be in charge of that material." "Any idea how long you think all this will take?" "The rest of our lives, I should imagine." "Why?" "No reason, just..." "The task before us is prodigious, gentlemen." "There is no precedent for how we should proceed, but the world and future generations will not easily forgive us for our mistakes." "Right you are." "Off you go." "It's crowded enough in here as it is." "Bloody man." "Sooner or later he's going to make somebody drop something." "Back, keep back." "Come on, make way." "Come on, move back." "Back!" "Come on, move!" "Keep back!" "Come on, move." "Back!" "Get out of the way!" "Keep back and don't touch anything!" " Adamson, get these people back!" " Yes, sir." "This is ridiculous, sir." "They're all behaving as if this was some sort of bloody fairground attraction." "Have you any idea how many people were here yesterday?" "12,000. 12,000!" "I mean, where in God's name are they all coming from?" "It's making work quite impossible and it's only a matter of time before there's an accident." "I think it's something we have to put up with, old man." "The amount of interest this thing has generated is quite extraordinary." "I've been giving interviews all morning." "We're front page news, Howard." "Hmm." "Well, no one's spoken to me." "If they had, I'd have told them to bugger off." "Did I tell you His Majesty has asked me to Buck House for lunch to tell him all about it?" "What's this, do you suppose?" "It's a shabti figure." "There should be a number on it." "Ask Mace to look it up." "Pretty, isn't it?" "Stop worrying, Howard." "There's hundreds of them." "And don't forget who's paying for all this." "That's right, yes." "I'm suggesting exclusive rights to it all." "I'm sorry, can you speak up?" "No, I'm not going to sell them individually." "One moment." " We do want the world, don't we?" " Of course we do." "And don't forget America." "Yes, the world." "And America as well." "Yes, good." "What?" "Oh, yes, splendid." "That would be grand." "Goodbye." "Well, that should take pressure off Carter." " Did they say yes?" " And at a very good price." "Oh, Pops, you are clever." "Howard will be so pleased." "Let's have a drink." "It is outrageous." "They are behaving as if they own this country." "How dare they give exclusive rights to The Times?" "What about the Egyptian press?" "What about the rest of the world?" "They are colonialists." "I don't care if they have an agreement." "These things are for Egypt, not for the amusement of a British aristocrat." "Yes, monsieur, I understand." "Very well." "As you wish." "They say we must wait." "Go back to the tomb and watch them." "If they break the terms of the concessión in any way whatsoever, all me immediately." "The slightest infringement and we shall take control of the tomb." "You understand?" "We've counted over 600 objects in this room alone." "Everything has to be wrapped and protected." "So far, we've used over half a mile of cotton wadding and 16 bales of calico, and we're only halfway through." " Good morning, gentlemen." " Good morning." " Good morning, Howard." " This is Harry Burton." "If you need any photographs, speak to him." "I won't allow any other photographers in here." "Oh, my God." "It's extraordinary." "Carter, look at this." "Oh, my God!" "Evelyn, come and see this." "Oh, that's beautiful." "Aren't they lovely?" "This must be his wife." "She's anointing him with oil." "Now, mind your heads on the way in, it's rather low." "Morning, Carter." "How's it all going?" "We're very busy now." "If you could just keep clear, I'll be with you when I can." "Right, yes, of course." "Shall we come back later?" "Yes." "It is beautiful, isn't it?" "As soon as Tutankhamun was old enough, his queen was expected to produce a child." "The future of Egypt depended on it." "Without an heir, the empire could be flung into chaos on the death of the king." "Incestuous marriage between royals might have made political sense, but producing a healthy child from a unión between sister and brother was fraught with risk." "Tutankhamun's queen, Ankhesamun, miscarried at least twice." "But even dead babies were considered precious." "They were of royal blood." "Each was mummified for eventual burial with their father." "Would you make space?" "Go back, come on." "Move out of the way there." "Make space." "Move out of the way." "Come on." "Make way." "Make way there." "Move out of the way." "Come along now, make way, please." "You down there, move." "Move out of the way." "You." "Yes, you." "Get out." "This is private property, get off it now." "Move!" "Who let him in here?" "Do you have any idea who that is?" "That's Vigol from The Daily Mail." "All he's responsible for is stirring up trouble and writing malicious gossip like that bloody curse story." "Communication with the press is only allowed with The Times." "I will not tolerate any exceptions." "Do I make myself clear?" "Yes." " Where are you going?" " Home, Howard." "I'm not a schoolboy." "Are you looking forward to the opening?" "Everything's ready." "I've emptied it all out apart from the two guardian statues." " I thought they should stay." " Why not?" "You will cover up our little hole, won't you?" "I wouldn't want Lacau seeing that." "I wish we could get rid of that bloody man." "But we have to deal with him, we mustn't forget that." "Try a little flattery." "Always works with the froggies." "You know you should never have signed that deal with The Times." "It's only made matters worse." "I thought it was what you wanted." "I must say, it's been rather a good deal for me." "Oh, did I tell you I was thinking of having a little cinema film made?" "No." "No, I'm sorry, I can't allow that." " Allow what, Howard?" " Nothing." "Nothing." "I was just leaving." "Good night, sir." "Good night, Evelyn." " I mentioned the idea of a film." " I told you he wouldn't like it." "What Howard would or would not like is beginning to irritate me." "First of all, the King congratulated me on our magnificent discovery and then the Queen, whom I sensed was somewhat less excited said," ""But can it be quite right?" ""Breaking into a tomb and digging up a royal personage?"" "I say, Mace," "I hope you're not falling victim to the curse of Tutankhamun?" "No, no, excuse me," "I think I've been breathing in too much mummy dust over the years." "Yes, well, I dare say we're all a little nervous about what we shall find when we knock through the wall behind me." "So, first, I'd like to ask our chief excavator, and my field director, Mr Howard Carter, to say a few words." "Howard." "Morning, everyone." "This is a great moment in my life." "Already this tomb is the single biggest find in the history of archaeology in Egypt, and even if we find nothing more, it will enrich beyond measure our knowledge of what was once a forgotten but mighty culture." "No one knows what lies behind this wall." "It may be another antechamber, it may be empty." "Or, if we're lucky, it may be a burial chamber with an intact royal tomb." "If it is, I trust that we will respect the pharaoh who has lain in peace here for over 3,000 years and that he will forgive our intrusión made in the name of science, the only possible justification," "and not, as some have suggested, in the name of profit." "Whatever we find, I shall, of course, expect the same standards and procedures that I have employed in the clearance of this chamber to be maintained at all times." "Let's open it up, shall we, Howard?" "You know there is a rumour that you and Carter have already broken in?" "Really?" "Ali, hammer." "Can you see anything?" "What do you see?" "I see a shrine of blue and gold." "It would seem to be an intact tomb, with a sarcophagus and a body." "It would seem so, yes." "Then you are aware of the rules of the concessión?" "If intact, the government is entitled to deny to the excavator any claim to the objects recovered." "I intend to enforce this condition." " That's outrageous." " One moment, Howard." "I understand the rules perfectly, Monsieur Lacau, but a court of law might well disagree with your interpretation." "The rules are notoriously badly written after all." "Besides, although the tomb seems intact, we don't actually know that yet, do we?" "I suggest we leave things as they are until Howard's had a chance to open up the sarcophagus and see what's inside." "Then we can decide what's best, don't you agree?" "Very well." "Until the sarcophagus is opened." "Now, steady." "Take it easy, be careful on the steps." "Carter." " What is it?" " Look at this." "Poor man." "The more we go on, the sorrier I feel for him, you know." "Careful!" "It looks like there are four of these shrine covers before we get to the sarcophagus." "We still can't really work out how they ever got them in." "Getting them out without damage is proving to be the devil's own job." "Excuse me one moment." " So, can we repair this thing?" " Well, I'd like to see what Lucas thinks." "What's this?" "Oh..." "We found those yesterday in the treasury." "Mace thinks they're almost full-term." "The one on the left is a little girl." "You can still make out some of the hair on her scalp." "I think they're the saddest things I've ever found." "I'm sorry." " Mr Adamson." " Mr Carter." " You like Verdi?" " Not particularly, sir." "But I find he's more effective than any guard dog." "The locals like him even less." "A lot of men would be nervous about sleeping overnight in a tomb." "Yeah, the dead are dead." "I don't bother them and they don't bother me." "Going well, sir?" "To be honest, I'm a little disappointed." "Oh, yes, sir?" "I thought I'd found him." "Up to now, all I really found are things." "Wonderful things, sir?" "Yes." "But nothing written." "No papyrus." "If I went to your house, walked through each room, how much would I actually learn about you just from looking at your possessions?" "Not much, I think." "But if I read your diary, came across some household bills, found letters that had been written to you, then, I think, I'd begin to understand who you really were." "Well, I think my wife might have something to say about you wandering about her house and rummaging around, sir." "Yes, I expect she might." "Well, I'll say good night." "Good night, sir." "Evening, Carter." "Sorry, door was unlocked." "Let myself in." "I thought you'd be here sooner." " Helped myself to a drink." "Hope you don't mind." " Of course not." "What can I do for you?" "Why don't you pour yourself a drink first?" "What's the problem?" "I gather Hauser and Hall have resigned and are leaving?" "Yes, I believe so." "With Gardiner, that makes a third of our team who've walked out." "So?" "Gardiner's a personal friend of mine." "He's one of the finest brains in England." "He came here at his own expense as a personal favour to me." "Hauser and Hall, as you well know, are here courtesy of the Metropolitan." "I had a call this morning from New York." "They want to know what's going on." "Tell them that they chose to leave." "They weren't working properly." "That may be so, but these men gave our team international validity." " I can withstand Lacau if I can convince him..." " Lacau is an incompetent meddler." "Whose boss was previously imprisoned by the British." "They will try anything to get rid of us." "I will not have him in my tomb and that's final." "It's not your tomb, Howard." "It's mine." "The point is, you're the best excavator in the world." "Without you, this tomb would never have been discovered." "Your achievement is unique." "But your public relations skills are somewhat lacking, if I may say so." "And unless we're very careful, I shall lose this tomb." " Are you questioning my leadership?" " Not at all." "But I would ask you to be more careful, both with members of our team and with Monsieur Lacau." "I will not grovel to that bloody Frenchman." "Where did that come from?" "It comes from the treasury." "Mace asked me to have a look at it." "Ask Evelyn." "She was there." "I don't think this has anything to do with my daughter." "And frankly, I must tell you, I don't like your intimacy with her." " My intimacy?" " Your feelings for her are quite inappropriate." "You're old enough to be her father apart from anything else." "What you mean is I'm not a gentleman." " Don't put words in my mouth." " But that's what you mean, isn't it?" "I think you should leave." "I don't think you should come here again." "Very well." "For most of Tutankhamun's reign, the real power was wielded from behind the throne by a military council run by the young king's advisor, Ay." "But when Tutankhamun reached the age of 18, he would have claimed his inheritance to rule Egypt as a divine pharaoh." "The king's newfound power would not last long." "In his tenth year on the throne, Tutankhamun died." "Exactly why remains a mystery." "Some believe he was murdered by his own advisors, or perhaps he just had an accident." "Examination of his body using modern scientific techniques showed a leg injury which could have been fatally infected." "Tutankhamun was still a teenager." "And lift!" "Lift slowly, very slowly." "Down, Pecky." "Pecky, down." "And tilt." "Tilt it." "Lift!" "All right, lower, lower, lower." "Slowly." "Go slowly." " Afternoon, Carter." "Where have you been?" " Packing." "I have to go to Cairo." " Oh, yeah?" " I've had a telegram." "Carnarvon is ill." " Nothing serious I hope." " I rather think it is." "Carter." "Forgive me, I..." "I've been foolish." "No." "It was my fault that we argued." "No." " There's something I want to say to you." " Please, don't tire yourself." "My affection for you has never changed." "You must believe that." "I..." "I thought you might like to see this." "It's part of a lamp that we found in the tomb." "There were two cups, this is the inner, which when lit would cast its picture on the outer." "It shows Tutankhamun and his queen." "It's beautiful." "Even I can tell it's the real thing." "Tell Evelyn not to worry." "I'm prepared." "For an Egyptian Pharaoh, death was not the end." "It was a beginning." "Tutankhamun now embarked on his most important journey into the underworld." "There, he would be united with the gods and complete the cycle of resurrection and regeneration." "But first, Tutankhamun's body must be preserved with salt." "All of his internal organs except the heart and kidneys were removed." "His brain was withdrawn through his nose and discarded, while other organs were preserved in an alabaster chest." "Finally, Tutankhamun's mummified body was wrapped in bandages and placed within a series of golden coffins for transportation to the Valley of the Kings." "Tutankhamun's young widow, Ankhesamun, had produced no heir, so the former advisor, Ay, now came to the throne." "To cement his power, he married Tutankhamun's widow, probably another incestuous marriage." "There is evidence that Ankhesamun was Ay's own granddaughter." "What saddens me the most is that he won't be at my wedding." " Your wedding?" " I'm engaged to be married." "We haven't announced it yet." "Father said it was an awful comedown for an earl's daughter to marry a mere baronet." "He was joking of course." "He didn't care about things like that." " Congratulations." " Thank you." "Lady Carnarvon." "The carriages are ready." "Goodbye." "This is for you." "It's the terms of the concessión." "My husband was very keen that you continue with your work." "He agreed with the government that you remain in charge of the clearance of the tomb, no matter whether it remain intact or not." " I won't let him down." " No." " Goodbye, Howard." " Goodbye." "I think we're going to have to lift this frame up a couple of feet to get the right angle of leverage." "Ali, Ali, can you give me the rope?" " How's it going?" " Good." "If you're looking at the damage, don't blame us." "They must have just banged it into position." "They don't seem to have taken much care." "It took us 12 hours to get the last one out." "We should be able to restore it." "When are you going to be ready in there?" "I don't know." "There's a crack across the lid." "They've filled it with gypsum." "We're going to need angle irons and differential pulleys to lift it." "Tutankhamun had died but his tomb was unfinished." "Now a new site had to be found in a hurry." "His body was probably placed in the tomb his chief advisor, Ay, had already built for himself." "It was not designed for a king but it could be made ready in time." "Tutankhamun's coffin was placed inside a stone sarcophagus at the centre of the burial chamber, to be surrounded by four gold-covered shrines, one within the next, each covered in sacred writings to protect the king on his journey." "The small tomb was crammed with everything Tutankhamun would need in the afterlife." "There were beds, chairs, couches, musical instruments, magical charms, chariots, jewellery, swords, daggers, shields, torches, cosmetics and boats to carry him on his long journey." "Tutankhamun was not buried with the care one might expect for a king." "The golden coffin was too big and part of it had to be sawn off to make way for the lid of the sarcophagus." "Tutankhamun's final resting place was in a tomb built for a commoner, and assembled in a rush." "Good." "Good afternoon, Monsieur Carter." "Monsieur Lacau." "Have you come for the opening of the sarcophagus?" "I have." " My only regret is that Lord Carnarvon isn't here." " Indeed." "Though I would have had to remind him that all the usual rules still apply." " I hope you understand that?" " Yes." " Of course." "Arthur, are you happy?" " Yes." " Pecky, you happy?" " I'm ready, Howard." "All right, gentlemen, we lift on three." "Very, very gently." "One, two, three and lift." "Come on, men, we can move this." "Lift." "Pull, gentlemen, pull." "Come on, gentlemen, put your backs into it, we can move this." "Pull." "Lift it!" " Come on, gentlemen." " Pull!" "Pull!" "That's it." "That's it." "Go!" "Go!" "She's coming." " She's moving." "That's good." "That's good." " Yes." "It's moving." "Now, gently, slowly, slowly." "That's good." "That's good." "Excellent work." "Keep it going, keep it going." "Pull." "Pull." "Good work." "Keep lifting it, Pecky, come on." "Another foot and we can tie it off." "Now tie it off." "Tie it off." "Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?" "There would seem to be a coffin inside the tomb, Monsieur Carter." "You looking forward to seeing what's inside?" "Yes and no." "I wish people would stop interfering." "They just..." "Well, they just get in the way, don't they?" "I know what you mean." "Sometimes it's hard to keep in mind what we're all here for, isn't it?" "No." "I know exactly why I'm here." "I never forget it for a second." "And why do you think that is, then?" "I want to find him, Arthur." "I want to know who he was." "I want to talk to him." "Well, you may well find him." "But at the end of it, all he will be is a mummy." "He's not going to talk to you, is he?" "And if I can also ask you to be careful on the steps into the tomb." "They are very steep." "Ibrahim." "This letter is for you, Mr Carter." "Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make." "Today I was forbidden by letter from Monsieur Lacau from escorting friends and wives of my team into the tomb to show them the sarcophagus." "This follows a number of discourtesies shown by the Egyptian Public Works Department and its Antiquities Service." "The level of interference is now intolerable and shows a total lack of respect for the late Lord Carnarvon and his extraordinary generosity and affection for this country over the last 10 years." "As a protest, myself and my collaborators refuse to continue our work in the tomb until such impossible restrictions have been removed." "That's all I have to say." "I've been asked to go and lecture in America." "You'll like it there." "They'll treat you like a king." "You should see a doctor, Arthur." "Too much sand in the lungs." "That's the real curse of the pharaohs." "I'll be fine once we're away from Egypt." "I shall miss it dreadfully." "Monsieur Carter." "I am sorry that it has come to this." "I must ask you for the key to the tomb." "The refusal to work is in contravention of the terms of the concessión." "My department will now take responsibility and overall control of the tomb and the excavation." "You mean you're kicking me out?" "I warned you, Monsieur Carter." "I've already spoken with the minister." "He's in full agreement with me." "The key, if you please." "The soldiers were hardly necessary, you know." "Have I done the right thing, Arthur?" "You did what you believed to be right." "Carter." "Mr Carter, I have Monsieur Lacau for you from Cairo." "The situation in Egypt has changed." "The nationalist campaign of violence has backfired." "The government are concerned." "The hotel trade is vital to them and they're worried about losing tourists." "Lacau is keen to reopen the tomb." "But he needs an international team to do it and he's asked me to go back." "Under his proposal," "I see that I remain responsible for the costs of the excavation." "Yes." "And I am to renounce all claims on the contents of the tomb?" "Yes." "Duplicate pieces that the Cairo Museum feel they can spare will, of course, be ceded to you." "At the discretion of Monsieur Lacau, I suppose." "I will do everything in my power to make sure that you receive a fair selection." "My husband would have wanted you to return to your work." "Will Mr Mace be returning to Egypt?" "I'm sorry, I thought you knew." "Mace died recently." "Oh, dear." "I'm so sorry." "I expect the newspapers will say he is another victim of the curse of Tutankhamun." "Arthur always laughed at the idea." "There are times when I wonder." "Lift." "Stop." "Stop!" "You, stop." "You, stop." "You, lift." "You, start." "Everyone." "That's good." "Very nice." "Good." "Okay, let's get the planks in." "Planks in." "Good." "And lower." "Lower it very gently, lower it." "Very nice." "Tie it off." "Tie it off." "My God, that was heavy." "Good work." "I don't understand it." "It took nine of us to lift it, we've taken two of the three coffin lids off, yet the whole thing still weighs a ton." " Mummy must be made of lead." "Here's your answer." "The first two coffins were made of wood covered in gold foil." "The third coffin isn't wood." "It's solid gold." "And they said this might not be a royal tomb." "There is one thing that's bothering me." "Look at Harry's photographs." "The physiognomy of the second coffin is completely different from the other two." "Mace always said these shrines were botched up." "I think this one was made for someone else." "I think they buried our friend in a hurry." "And I think it's time we had a look, don't you?" "Ready?" "Lift." "Pecky, tell me when you have it." "I'll take it now." "Behind me, behind me, go behind me." "Behind me." "Good, you've got it." "All right, good." "Now, low, low, lower, lower." "Yes, he does." "Every inch a king." "Who are you?" "With the ceremonies complete, the tomb was sealed." "Tutankhamun was finally left alone in the silent valley." "Pharaoh Ay reigned for just four years, leaving no heir." "When a new dynasty began," "Tutankhamun's name was removed from the monuments he had built." "With his records erased, his memory was allowed to wither away." "Goodbye, old chap." " All done?" " All done." "So, was it worth it?" "I think so, yes." "Oh, yes." "And did you find him?" "A bit, yes." "A bit." "During his lifetime," "Howard Carter received no official honour in Britain or Egypt in recognition of his unique achievements, and when he died in March, 1939, his funeral was poorly attended." "But Tutankhamun's tomb remains the most famous archaeological find of all time." "Best watched using Open Subtitles MKV Player"