Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Valley of the Kings, Thebe, Egypt || KV62

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Hess took an extension cord from one of the lamps, strung it over a window latch and hanged himself. A short note to his family thanking them for all they had done was found in his pocket.
(17 August 1987)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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KV62

Valley of the Kings, Thebe, Egypt.

Related events:

Saturday 4th of November 1922 (x) — Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter discovers the entrance to the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Carter's young water boy accidentally stumbled on a stone that turned out to be the top of a flight of steps cut into the bedrock
Sunday 26th of November 1922 (x) — Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter becomes the first man to enter into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Lord Carnarvon asked "Can you see anything?" Carter replied with the famous words "Yes, wonderful things!"
Friday 16th of February 1923 (x) — Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter opens the sealed doorway of KV62 and gets his first glimpse of the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.