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Carter and colleagues looking into the opened shrines within the tomb

The tomb of Tutankhamun was uncovered beginning on 4 November 1922 by excavators in the Valley of the Kings led by Howard Carter, an Egyptologist. Whereas the tombs of most pharaohs of ancient Egypt were plundered in ancient times, Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden by debris for most of its existence and not extensively robbed. Conserving the burial goods required a ten-year effort, and their opulence inspired a media frenzy, intensified by speculation that misfortunes connected with the tomb were the result of an ancient curse. Friction between the Egyptian government and the British-led excavation team resulted in a settlement by which the burial goods remained in Egypt, instead of being divided between the excavators and the government as had been standard Egyptological practice. The discovery yielded limited information about events in Tutankhamun's time but a great deal about the material culture of the era. The fame of the discovery made Tutankhamun a symbol of ancient Egypt itself. ( Full article...)

Ten-sided dice

• ... that ten-sided gaming dice (examples pictured) have kite-shaped faces?
• ... that physician and scientist F. William Sunderman continued working until shortly before his death at the age of 104?
• ... that Daruma-ji was razed in the early 14th century by Buddhists who opposed the spread of Zen Buddhism in Japan?
• ... that Andrea Bonetti was Juventus U16's most prolific player of the 2018–19 season, with 16 goals?
• ... that The Essex Gazette was established in 1768, becoming Salem's first newspaper, and was used as a voice against British rule just before the American Revolution?
• ... that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a drafter of a United Nations guideline on the documentation of torture, was arrested after she suggested an investigation into the use of chemical weapons?
• ... that City Pier A's clock tower was the first memorial to World War I casualties in the United States, according to a New York City government spokesperson?
• ... that the three lines of the traditional German round " Lobet und preiset, ihr Völker, den Herrn" are based on verses from three psalms?

Imran Khan

• One person is killed and nine others are injured in a failed assassination attempt targeting former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan (pictured).
• Tropical Storm Nalgae leaves more than 150 people dead in the Philippines.
• In the Brazilian general election, two-term former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeats incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
• In India, a footbridge collapse in Morbi, Gujarat, results in the deaths of at least 135 people.
• In baseball, the Orix Buffaloes defeat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows to win the Japan Series.

November 4: National Unity and Armed Forces Day in Italy ( 1918)

Barack Obama

• 1912 – The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first " super-dreadnought".
• 1938 – The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.
• 1970 – Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.
• 2008 – Barack Obama (pictured) became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.