The leader of the excavation offers a firsthand description of the remarkable events surrounding the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt's Valley of Kings and of the unique and priceless treasures that were found there. Reprint.
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Howard Carter (1874-1939), artist and archaeologist, was attached to various epigraphic expeditions of the Egypt Exploration Fund, later joining the Egyptian Antiquities Service as Chief Inspector of Upper Egypt and finally working as excavator for Lord Carnarvon.
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This review is from: The Tomb of Tutankamen (Paperback)
This book is impossible to put down. It's Howard Carter's own account, written between 1923 and 1933, while he was at work on Tutankhamen's tomb. Although I half expected a dry, scholarly account, this work reads like a novel by Elizabeth Peters. Carter conveys not only the facts of his fabulous discovery. he makes you feel that you're experiencing this 10 year saga with him--from the excitement of opening the tomb, the awe inspired by its spectacular contents, the difficulties involved in their removal and preservation, down to the annoyance and inconvenience caused by the sudden avalanche of tourists visiting the site and trying to get tours of the tomb.
When reading this book, bear in mind that it's Carter's own memoirs, written at the time. Intervening years and subsequent scholorship have, of course, changed (and hopefully improved) our understanding of the subject. Also, although this volume contains a few (extremely interesting) black and white photographs taken during the excavation, you'll find yourself wishing for a more complete photographic record of the artifacts to go along with Carter's very detailed descriptions. I recommend getting yourself a really nice coffee table-type picture book of the tomb contents that you can refer to while reading Carter's book.
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Carter's Original Still the Best!,
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This review is from: The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, Vol. 3: The Annexe of Treasury (Duckworth Egyptology Series) (v. 3) (Paperback)
Howard Carter's stunning discovery in the desert and his excavation of the two stone chambers reads like an adventure novel. It was obviously written in 1930's language, but this new color edition is a wonderful asset to anyone's bookshelf. Thank you Duckworth for bringing this one back to life!
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The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen: The Annex and Treasury,
This review is from: The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, Vol. 3: The Annexe of Treasury (Duckworth Egyptology Series) (v. 3) (Paperback)
If your a serious fan of King Tut and Egyptology, this book is a must. Part III of Howard Carter's three part series, it gives execellent detail on the excavation of the tomb and everything that goes on around it. It will give you a greater appreciation of just what went into the original discovery and it's preservation. Learn more about what we now take for granted.
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IN the endeavour to obtain a correct perspective view of the kings involved in the Aten heresy, namely, Amen hetep III, Amen hetep IV (Akh en Aten), Smenkh ka Re, Tut ankh Aten (Tut ankh Amen), and the Divine father King Ay, one is perplexed by many difficulties and perforce by the lack of sufficient data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Burial Chamber, Innermost Treasury, Eighteenth Dynasty, Queen Tyi, New Empire, Two Lands, Valley of the Kings, Lower Egypt, Book of the Dead, King's Scribe, Nether World, Upper Egypt, Alan Gardiner, Berlin Museum, Cairo Museum, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Battiscombe Gunn, Divine Ennead, Overseer of the Treasury, Tribute of the South New!
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IN the endeavour to obtain a correct perspective view of the kings involved in the Aten heresy, namely, Amen hetep III, Amen hetep IV (Akh en Aten), Smenkh ka Re, Tut ankh Aten (Tut ankh Amen), and the Divine father King Ay, one is perplexed by many difficulties and perforce by the lack of sufficient data. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Burial Chamber, Innermost Treasury, Eighteenth Dynasty, Queen Tyi, New Empire, Two Lands, Valley of the Kings, Lower Egypt, Book of the Dead, King's Scribe, Nether World, Upper Egypt, Alan Gardiner, Berlin Museum, Cairo Museum, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Battiscombe Gunn, Divine Ennead, Overseer of the Treasury, Tribute of the South New!
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