King Tut: Tomb of Treasure.

• Author: Rothenberg, Robert S.

The world's fascination with ancient Egypt seemingly is never-ending, which could explain unearthing this 20-year-old documentary showing the treasures of the boy king's burial chamber. Originally filmed to celebrate the golden anniversary of archaeologist Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb in 1922, it gives a rapid-fire summary of Egyptian history and the pyramids of the Valley of the Kings; pops in a few photos of Carter and his team at work on the site; then, finally, gets to showing the priceless artifacts in the ancient shrine, the Cairo Museum, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Though Tutankhamen assumed the throne at the age of nine and died at 18, he managed to accumulate great wealth in his short reign. This is evidenced by...