To mark the hundred-year anniversary, a new database has been opened at the University of Oxford.
The south plays a unique role in both the discovery and the legacy of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh.
The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
The buyer of Howard Carter's suitcase hopes to send the item out to museums for public display.
The case belonging to Howard Carter was gifted to his friend, an antiques expert says.
When complete, the museum will showcase more than 100,000 objects, including treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Ernest Harold Jones, from Barnsley, sparked interest in finding Tutankhamun's tomb, historians say.
James R Ogden, was one of the first people in over 3,000 years to see the Egyptian pharaoh's tomb.
Egyptologists are still learning about his life and treasures a century after his tomb was opened.
