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Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent?

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off

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