Pierre Montet and the Silver Pharaoh

The discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1923 made the boy king world famous. But another discovery of the untouched tomb of pharaoh Psusennes I seventeen years later went nearly unnoticed. The History Guy tells the story of how current historical events affect our appreciation of the past and how Pierre Montet discovered the Silver Pharaoh. 

This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration.  As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.