The grandmother of Tut, Tiye was embalmed with her left arm bent across her chest—interpreted as a queen’s burial pose. Her statue from ... matched that of the boy king. More amazing still ...

One find above all transfixed me: Howard Carter's unearthing of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh known as King ... Even Tut's had intruders, though they apparently made off with little ...