TY - BOOK AU - Carter,Howard AU - Mace,A.C. TI - The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen SN - 0486235009 AV - DT 87.5 .C4 1977 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - Dover Publications KW - Tutankhamen, KW - Tutankhamen KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Egypt KW - Valley of the Kings KW - Arqueologia/Pre-Historia (Egito) KW - larpcal KW - Valley of the Kings (Egypt) KW - Antiquities 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."; 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 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/77071042.html ER -