The claim was first made in 1978 by the late ThomasHoving, a former director of the Met, in his best-selling book, Tutankhamun:The Untold Story.

这一想法最早由大都会博物馆前馆长托马斯·霍文于1978年在其畅销书《图坦卡门·鲜为人知的故事》中提出。