The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen /

Carter, Howard, 1874-1939.

The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen / by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace ; with a new introd. by Jon Manchip White. - New York : Dover Publications, 1977. - xlv, 231 p., [54] leaves of plates : ill. ; 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."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Tutankhamen, King of Egypt --Tomb.
Tutankhamen King of Egypt --Tomb.


Excavations (Archaeology)--Egypt--Valley of the Kings.
Arqueologia/Pre-Historia (Egito)


Valley of the Kings (Egypt)--Antiquities.

DT 87.5 / .C4 1977