In this file photo taken on October 19, 2022, visitors view the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC) on display at the Egyptian Museum in the center of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP PHOTO
In this file photo taken on October 19, 2022, visitors view the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC) on display at the Egyptian Museum in the center of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP PHOTO
In this file photo taken on October 19, 2022, visitors view the gold burial mask of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun (1334-1325 BC) on display at the Egyptian Museum in the center of Egypt's capital Cairo. AFP PHOTO

QURNA, Egypt: It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in 1922 as an Egyptian member of his team crouches nearby shrouded in shadow.

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