Just ahead of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb, National Geographic is featuring a gorgeous assortment of interactive photos of these treasures.
The artifacts were captured by photographer Sandro Vannini while photographer Paolo Verzone shot photos of the soon-to-open Grand Egyptian Museum, where the curators are working on the artifacts and the preservation of the mummies and more. Verzone, who is an award-winning photographer that has worked with international media for more than 25 years, tells“The museum is a complete visual experience, with moving artifacts and a constant dynamic energy.
“Every archeological site had its specifics, and I was impressed by the skills of the excavators/workers in each site I visited. I watched their work for hours, and had such an admiration for their skill and knowledge, which was unique in the fact that it had accumulated for generations. Often, their fathers and grandfathers were excavators too, and their knowledge was passed down through each generation.
Verzone says that he is used to documenting living people, but knew that in this situation he would be dealing with a wholly new subject: mummies.