Review of Discovering King Tut’s Tomb at Luxor Las Vegas

Set up like a museum, Discovering King Tut’s Tomb offered a plethora of information via placards next to items of note, audio, and even video.

The journey started with background about the Valley of the Kings and then moved on to Howard Carter’s efforts to find King Tut.

After reviewing the history of Carter’s mission, you “follow his footsteps” as he makes progress in finding the long-sought-after tomb.

Peering into the slits of the wall pictured below to view the treasures within the antechamber was a pretty neat touch.

Emblazoned on another wall was a projection detailing a conversation from the moment Carter saw what lay behind that wall himself.

“Can you see anything?” to which Carter responds “Yes…Wonderful things”.

After peering into the antechamber, you’ll be able to see a replica of The Golden Shrine, which housed King Tut’s body.

Next up is a room dedicated to Egyptian culture which has an abundance of artifacts, each of which has its own informational card.

Lastly, visitors are educated on The Boy King, who assumed the throne at the age of 9, and his burial treasures.

Viewable are replicas of his stacked sarcophagi and The Death Mask, among other items that accompanied him.

Titanic showcases actual artifacts recovered from the wreck site 6 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and Bodies educates guests about the functions of the human body with the help of real human body specimens.

I found nesting coffins made of fiberglass to be comparatively less impressive.

Humorously, many of the “artifacts” are housed behind glass, or in glass cases with cards that have a date range on them (like “1336-1327 BC”). I had figured the dates represented when the items were from… but instead, they must have meant when the items would have been from.

Admittedly, I didn’t dive too deeply into the attraction’s website for details prior to buying a ticket to Discovering King Tut’s Tomb, but I did read the following block of text on their homepage (below) that made it appear pretty intriguing:

“Follow in the footsteps of famed archaeologist Howard Carter, as he unlocked the inner rooms, beheld the great treasures within and came face-to-face with the pharaoh’s mummy. See the king’s nested coffins and notorious death mask and learn why the ancients went to such an extent to preserve their dead.”

Discovering King Tut’s Tomb Website

Based on that text, wouldn’t you expect to actually see some of the things they said you were going to see? Perhaps I was just naive, but I thought that I was going to “See the king’s nested coffins and notorious death mask” etc.

Leaving the attraction underwhelmed, I re-visited their website to gauge if it mentioned that there weren’t actually going to be any artifacts on display and found that it was addressed on their FAQ page:

“Will there be Artifacts on display?

Discovering King Tut’s Tomb features artifacts crafted by Egyptian artisans in the exact tradition of those used in Tut’s actual burial chamber.”

Discovering King Tut’s Tomb FAQ Page

On their “Experience” page, it’s also stated that visitors will see “Recreations of the finest examples of art”.

Ultimately, the fact that no historic artifacts are on display is mentioned on the website, and that’s on me for missing it before buying my ticket. I would argue, however, that it’s not called out prevalently enough to prevent more people from making the same mistake that I made.

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