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Carter’s diary records the 4–5 November 1922 discovery of KV62’s steps

On 4–5 November 1922 Howard Carter’s pocket diary, now on the Griffith Institute site, records the discovery of steps under Ramesses VI’s tomb and intact seals. In the causal graph this event sets in motion Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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On 4–5 November 1922 Howard Carter’s pocket diary, now on the Griffith Institute site, records the discovery of steps under Ramesses VI’s tomb and intact seals. It is not the 18th-Dynasty sealing.

Context

A find can open knowledge and start a colonial fight. Split the Times exclusive.

Tutankhamun is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 1922 diary entry of steps is a knowledge-access ignition, not a title deed.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Tutankhamun

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Named 18th-Dynasty king as heading of later finds and editions. Excavators, museums, and states publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — TutankhamunEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Howard Carter’s diary and journal 1922 — Griffith InstituteGriffith Institute / University of Oxford · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Confidence is stated on the impact path.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorTutankhamun
  2. contributed toFactCarter’s diary records the 4–5 November 1922 discovery of KV62’s steps
  3. sets in motionDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Carter’s diary records the 4–5 November 1922 discovery of KV62’s steps. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/tut-1922-steps

https://factrail.ai/facts/tut-1922-steps

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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