Tomb of Tutankhamen

Tomb of Tutankhamen

by Howard Carter
Publisher: Excalibur Books
1972 edition, ©1954, ISBN: 9780525701019
Hardcover, 238 pages
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"It would be difficult to describe our emotions when for the first time the light of our powerful electric lamps flooded the Burial Chamber, illuminating the wall on which were painted representatives of Amentit, the catafalque drawn on a sled by the chief nobles of the land, King Ay before the Osiride Tutankhamen, and lighting up the immense shrine overlaid with gold..."

The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922 is a landmark in archaeological history and certainly the most important single find in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Unlike that of more illustrious Pharaohs, the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamen had lain unmolested by grave-robbers for more than three thousand years. To its discoverers it yielded a treasure of unimagined magnificence, ranging from chariots, chairs and caskets to the great sepulchral shrine of "the Lord of the West".

The story of this discovery, first published by installments between 1923 and 1933, is here told by Howard Carter who led the work of excavation. Not only does he provide a brilliant portrait of the life and death of an 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, but he also communicates the feeling of awe and excitement which spurred the explorers as the tomb yielded up its extraordinary riches.

The text is complemented by Harry Burton's contemporary photographs and by 16 pages of color plates which show the treasures as they may be seen today.

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