CASE STUDY Egypt: Monitoring King Tut’ s Tomb In 1922, when the tomb of Tut- ankhamen was discovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the tomb was full of treasures, artwork, and other artifacts. In most other tombs that archaeologists discovered, these things had been stolen or vandal- ized before preservation-minded people could protect them. Up to this day, Tutankhamen’s tomb has stayed largely unmolested, and is now one of the most-visited sites in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb walls are covered with priceless murals, but as time has passed, the paintings have begun to deteriorate. Since the large number of visitors may be contributing to the problem, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the Getty Conservation Institute are collaborat- ing on a three-pha

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