Why is King Tutankhamen's tomb famous?
King Tutankhamen's tomb is famous because when found it had
never been robbed and was fully intact. It is one of the most
intact tombs ever found.
Often when on an archeological dig you are lucky to find one
shard of pottry or some griffti to tell the arcologist what
happened in that location. In the case of "King Tut's" tomb not
only do we have a compleate body (which is rare as most grave
robbers, especially in Egypt, would destroy the body so that the
soul would not haunt them), we have all of his possessions from his
life and his death. We have learned more from "King Tut's" tomb
than we have from most other sites combined.
The tomb is also famous because of the folk belief that
developed after it was found and excavated that there was a curse
associated with the. Thus developed books and movies with titles
suchas "The Curse of the Mummy."