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> _______________________________ 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> _____________________________ 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> ___________________________ 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>