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The moment Howard Carter was assured everlasting fame can be pinpointed to five syllables, uttered breathlessly in a hot, dusty tunnel outside Luxor at around 2 p.m. on November 26, 1922.
On Nov. 26, 1922, the world of archeology scored the motherlode with the finding of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt. Archaeologist Howard Carter beat the odds and discovered the mostly-untou… ...
On Jan. 3, 1924, two years after rediscovering the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt, Howard Carter and his workers found the stone sarcophagus that contained the gold coffin and mummy of the ...
How Howard Carter's amazing discovery of King Tut's tomb led to tales of a curse and ignited interest in the mummy's ancient mystery.
After years of excavating without results, Carter's persistence paid off when he and his team discovered a step leading down into the entrance of Tutankhamun's tomb on November 4, 1922.
How did Howard Carter Locate Tutankhamun's Tomb?' On November 4th 1922 a breathless archaeologist, who had spent his life working in Egypt, wrote a hurried diary entry: “First steps of Tomb Found”.
by Daniel Meyerson Ballantine, 230 pp., $26 At the moment in 1922 when Howard Carter uncovered the mummy of King Tut, he catapulted both parties from obscurity to fame.
On November 4, 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, British Egyptologist Howard Carter stumbled across a crumbling step, half hidden beneath the debris from the tomb of Ramesses IV.
Close Call: How Howard Carter Almost Missed King Tut's Tomb British backer Lord Carnarvon wanted to call off the search for the lost tomb of Tutankhamun after six fruitless years of searching, but ...
Object Details author Hawass, Zahi A. Subject Tutankhamen King of Egypt Notes AFA copy 39088019605591 Gift from Janet Stanley. Contents The golden age of Egypt: Dynasty 18 -- Religion and life after ...
Rumors of a curse have persisted since Howard Carter and others found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The deaths of Lord Carnarvon and others associated with the excavation perpetuated the speculation.
King Tut, whose tomb was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter on Nov. 4, 1922 — a century ago Friday — was a sensation then. And he's a sensation now.