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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
How Howard Carter's amazing discovery of King Tut's tomb led to tales of a curse and ignited interest in the mummy's ancient mystery. ... described by Biography as “a well-known Egyptologist ...
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.
Herbert Eustis Winlock (February 1, 1884 – January 27, 1950) [1] was an American Egyptologist and archaeologist, employed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) for his entire career. [2] Between 1906 and 1931 he took part in excavations at El-Lisht , Kharga Oasis and around Luxor , before serving as director of the Metropolitan Museum ...
During his time in Egypt, Callender took an interest in Egyptology and had been on friendly terms with archaeologist Howard Carter since the 1890s, when both were involved with the Egypt Exploration Fund. [4] In 1920, after retirement, Callender built a house at Armant, Egypt and joined a number of local excavations. [1]
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
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 ...
In 1999, English Heritage placed a blue plaque on the Victorian house where Carter once lived. [12] [13] Howard Carter gave his London address as 19b Collingham Gardens for most of the 1920s, and was likely renting part of his brother Samuel's home as a summer pied-à-terre. [12] Samuel had previously lived at 10b Collingham Gardens. [12]