Howard Carter
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
0486235009 9780486235004
1977
English
General
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology
932
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
0486235009 9780486235004
1977
English
General
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology
932