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Howard Carter 1874-1939

The Discovery of The Tomb of Tutankhamen - USA Dover Publications 1977 - xlv, 231+ 54 illustrations 22 cm

"An unabridged republication of volume 1 of the work The tomb of Tut·Ankh·Amen discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter, originally published by Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1923."

Introduction / Jon Manchip White -- Preface -- Introduction -- Biographical sketch of the late Lord Carnarvon / by Lady Burghclere -- The king and the queen -- The valley and the tombs -- The valley in modern times -- Our prefatory work at Thebes -- The finding of the tomb -- A preliminary investigation -- A survey of the antechamber -- Clearing the antechamber -- Visitors and the press -- Work in the laboratory -- The opening of the sealed door

This book captures the painstaking, step-by-step process of excavation; and the wonders of the treasure-filled inner chamber. 104 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures

ISBN: 0486235009 9780486235004

Patent No.: 1977

Subjects--Uniform Titles: English

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Valley of the Kings
General
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology

LC Class. No.: DT87.5 / .C4 1977

Dewey Class. No.: 932