TY - BOOK AU - Howard Carter AU - Arthur Cruttenden Mace AU - Jon Manchip White TI - The Discovery of The Tomb of Tutankhamen SN - 0486235009 U1 - 932 PY - 1977/// CY - USA PB - Dover Publications KW - English KW - General KW - Ancient Egypt KW - Archaeology N1 - "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 N2 - 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 ER -