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Akhenaten, I believe that's his name, Akhenaten, I think I have it right. This was on November 25th, and the tomb's door was finally open, and the next day they discovered a, there was a second door they found there, and what they did, they managed to cut a small hole to see inside. And the interesting thing here too, Egyptian officials weren't allowed to view the tomb. However, Carter had brought along, there was Lord Carnivon, who financed the dig, and Lady Evelyn Herbert, that was his, and Arthur Collender, an engineer. They were all waiting to see what was inside. And Carter wrote in his diary, and again I'll give you a quote here, it was sometime before one could see the hot air escaping caused the candle to flicker, but as soon as one's eyes became accustomed to the glimmer of light, the interior of the chamber gradually moved before one, with its strange and wonderful medley of extraordinary and beautiful objects heaped one on the other.