The tomb of Tutankhamun was uncovered beginning on 4 November 1922 by
excavators in the Valley of the Kings led by Howard Carter, an
Egyptologist. Whereas the tombs of most pharaohs of ancient Egypt were
plundered in ancient times, Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden by debris for
most of its existence and not extensively robbed. Conserving the burial
goods required a ten-year effort, and their opulence inspired a media
frenzy, intensified by speculation that misfortunes connected with the
tomb were the result of an ancient curse. Friction between the Egyptian
government and the British-led excavation team resulted in a settlement
by which the burial goods remained in Egypt, instead of being divided
between the excavators and the government as had been standard
Egyptological practice. The discovery yielded limited information about
events in Tutankhamun's time but a great deal about the material culture
of the era. The fame of the discovery made Tutankhamun a symbol of
ancient Egypt itself.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1938:
The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of
several thousand Jews from the country.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_deportation_of_Jews_from_Slovakia>
1970:
Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child,
pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in
social isolation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_%28feral_child%29>
2008:
Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected
President of the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>
2016:
The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
misprision:
1. (law, chiefly historical)
2. (uncountable) Criminal neglect or wrongful execution of duty,
especially by a public official; (countable) a specific instance of
this.
3. (uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason:
originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime
of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason
that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.
4. (by extension)
5. (uncountable) Misinterpretation or misunderstanding; (countable) an
instance of this; a mistake.
6. (uncountable) Incorrect or unfair suspicion; (countable) an instance
of this.
7. Despising or holding in contempt; disdain, scorn.
8. Not seeing the value in something; undervaluing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misprision>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day
in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions,
as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience. Now,
however, my circumstances are different. I am in a position to speak my
mind. And that is what I propose to do. Those of us who are living
today can influence the future of civilization. We can influence whether
our planet will drift into chaos and violence, or whether through a
monumental educational and political effort we will achieve a world of
peace under a system of law where individual violators of that law are
brought to justice.
--Walter Cronkite
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite>