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And while removing sand at the Valley of the Kings, stone steps were found that led to the tomb of Lemeses VI. This was 13 feet, 4 meters below the ground. And the staircase eventually took workers to the un-looted tomb of King Tut, Tutankhamen. He was a thorough teenager who died 3,200 years earlier. British archaeologist Robert Carter was head of the team that was made up of mostly Egyptians. Just on the side here, a water boy may have been the very first person to find the staircase. The team, they worked tirelessly until they uncovered the 12th step where a small door was spotted covered in plaster. And this was documented in Carter's diary that the seal of the royal necropolis could be seen in the door depicting the god Anubis.