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It was Jan. 3, 1924, over a year after Tutankhamun's tomb was found, that British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators at last found the sarcophagus of the ruler itself. The ...
Howard Carter (squatting), Arthur Callender and an Egyptian workman, looking into the opened shrines enclosing Tutankhamun's sarcophagus in 1924. The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 by excavators led by the Egyptologist Howard Carter, more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun's death and burial.
Tutankhamun was the 13th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom and ruled for about a decade c. 1355–1346 BCE. A majority of his reign was devoted to restoring Egyptian culture, including religious and political policies; his predecessor and father Akhenaten had altered many Egyptian cultural aspects during his reign, and one of Tutankhamun's many restoration policies included ...
Howard Carter was born in Kensington on 9 May 1874, [1] the youngest child (of eleven) of artist and illustrator Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter (née Sands).His father helped train and develop his artistic talents.
Lifting the lid of the boy king’s sarcophagus, archaeologists came face-to-face with the mummy of the young ruler hidden away for over 3,000 years. By size and decoration, King Tutankhamen’s ...
Howard Carter examining Tutankhamun's sarcophagus. February 12 - Howard Carter opens the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun. Two days later, he closes the tomb in protest against the actions of the Egyptian authorities. [1] March 1 - Discovery and subsequent start of excavations at Glozel.
The gilded bier from the base of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus A pectoral belonging to Tutankhamun, representing his prenomen.. Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun have been held at museums in several countries, notably the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, Canada, Japan, and France.
"We need to drink the red liquid from the cursed dark sarcophagus in the form of some sort of carbonated energy drink so we can assume its powers." Thousands sign petition to drink red juice from ...