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During 2022 quarterly Kmt, A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt published several articles celebrating the centennial marking the November 1922 discovery in Egypt's Valley of the Kings of KV62, the Tomb of Tutankhamen. Reformatted (with supplemental material) these articles -- written by several authors -- are brought together here in 19 chapters as a unique "souvenir" of that event and individual. Topics covered include the biography of "King Tut"; search for his missing memorial temple; the clue leading to the tomb's discovery; a 3,300-year chronology of KV62; the back story of discoverer Howard Carter; Lord Carnarvon and the bogus "Pharaoh's Curse"; how the tomb was recorded; the first published sketches of the KV62 Antechamber; history of the teen-king's much abused mummy; the modern theft of minor tomb objects; the Egyptian boy who was photographed modeling Tutankhamen's jeweled pectoral; the world-wide touring of tomb select tomb treasures from 1961 to 2021; replications of the tomb and its contents; "Tutmania"; a bibliography of KV62/Tutankhamen; and even more. The 216-page soft-cover volume is illustrated with hundreds of b/w and color photos.