ocr: Tulankhamun reigned over 3,200 years ago.Tt this timg, Thebes was the capital of the Egyplian Empire and closg by laid the Vallgyof the Rings, the royal Necropolis. Owngrship of the land changed many limgs and the Vallgy itsglf bcamg the haunt of bandits. Only in the 19th Century did archagologists begin excavaling. TL the royal tombs discovered had been raided. Howard Carter bglieved the tomb of Tulankhamun still lay undiscovgred and began diggingin 1922. On the 4th Rowpnter.aalarcan was discovered. This ledtoal tomb. By candiglight, Carter peered into the darkness tosee gold glisling gugrywh ...