Pharaohs tended to live quite a bit longer than 19. The body's metabolic (?) rate for growing is like 35, so it may have been less back then, still Pharaohs had a higher life expectancy since they could do whatever they wanted to do. Tut died way before his time, I don't think he even reigned, I bet regents held strong power over his council. It's obvious he died short of his time since his Tomb is much smaller than that of a King.
The tomb was said to be constructed as Nefertiti's tomb but was given to Tutankhamun for lack of a better plot. She was perhaps buried in a secret chamber beside him, which is why the room is so small. Egyptologists and archeologists are working together with technology to create a 3d model of the room and look through the beautifully painted walls to see if their is indeed another chamber on the other side. This was happening 6 months ago, not sure about progress since then.
It would be a shame to remove such a marvelous piece of art and structural history to find nothing at all! When/If they remove the wall it will be done in such a way that the wall comes off in one piece to be displayed as it was, at least that would be the plan, without any "uh-oh, oops!" moments, lol. So much was destroyed in World War II.
P.S. Even as a young man, born way before the great war times of the 18th-20th centuries I cant help but despise the Germans. Never the good guys, always the bad guys, even morally ambiguous people who tip to the dark side despise Germans. Ironically it's often good confused white kids in Europe or the U.S. that get the Nazi tattoos and shout "White Power" at their "Nationalist" parties. Ignorance, poor kids, I laugh at irony but that is too much, just sad.
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