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One of the most exciting archaeological (考古的) discoveries in history was made in November 1922, when Howard Carter was (1) in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. After many months of digging, he finally (2) an unknown tomb (坟墓).
(3) with his friend Lord Carnarvon, who was providing the money for his work, Carter entered the (4) tomb. At first there was (5) , because the tomb was (6) , and it was clear that it had been robbed (盗窃) at some time in the past. (7) , one of the workers eventually uncovered a small stairway that led down to another door that had not been (8) .
Carter went down the dark staircase, walking
(9) in case there were any traps (陷阱). As he opened the
(10) , Lord Carnarvon asked if he could see anything. He replied, “Yes,
(11) things.” It was clear at once that they had discovered what they had
been (12) . The tomb of King Tutankhamun was full of treasures of (13) value. There were over 5,000 objects of silver, gold and precious stones which had lain there (14) for thousands of years.
Lord Carnarvon’s (15) at discovering the treasures did not last long. Many of the local people were afraid of (16) the kings’ tombs, and believed that the kings would punish anyone who (17) them. Lord Carnarvon had paid little attention to these (18) , but only a few weeks later, he (19) fell ill and died; at the exact time of his death, all the lights in Cairo went out all of a sudden, and far away in England, his dog also (20) .