On September 24, 2007, it was announced that a team of Egyptian archaeologists led by Zahi Hawass, discovered eight baskets of 3,000 year old doum fruit in the treasury of Tutankhamun's tomb. Doum comes from a type of palm tree native to the Nile Valley. The doum fruit are traditionally offered at funerals. Fifty clay pots bearing Tutankhamun's official seal were also discovered. According to Dr Hawas, the containers probably contained money that were destined to travel with the pharaoh to the afterlife. He said the containers will soon be opened. The objects were originally discovered, but not opened or removed from the tomb, by Howard Carter. King Tutankhamun still rests in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, in a temperature-controlled glass case. On November 4, 2007, 85 years to the day since Howard Carter's discovery, the actual face of the 19-year-old pharaoh was put on view in his underground tomb at Luxor, when the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its golden sarcophagus for display in a climate-controlled glass box. This was done to prevent the heightened rate of decomposition caused by the humidity and warmth from tourists visiting the tomb. Tutankhamun body has been shown in public form the 1st time in more than 3,000 years. This short clip was taken from BBC News 30th October 2007.

Join archaeologist Corbett Torrance and discover the past on Vermont's Lamoille River. Abenaki artifacts from 1,000 years ago have been discovered in the river valley below Smugglers' Notch, and we invite you to join the dig or take a tour of the site. Special thanks to Underhill resident Nathan Steinbauer for this submission. For more information, go to: http://www.smuggs.com/pages/fall/activities/day-trips.php

Archaeologists clash with graverobbers during the search for a priceless Eyptian treasure in Valley of the Kings (1954) starring Robert Taylor.