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.
0486235009 9780486235004
77071042
009613549 Uk
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
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.
0486235009 9780486235004
77071042
009613549 Uk
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