Tomb of Tutankhamun, Vol. II: Burial Chamber & Mummy

by Howard Carter, Brian Hunt (Editor), Brian Hunt (Introduction)

Overview

No archaeologist in history had ever seen an intact burial of an Egyptian pharaoh. Now Howard Carter and his team were about to open the innermost coffin of Tutankhamun.

Volume II of this historical and exciting series covers the dismantling of the enormous golden shrines around Tutankhamun's sarcophagus, the opening of the sarcophagus, the mystery of the immense weight of the king's coffins, and the magical day when they became the first people to gaze on the boy king's face after more than 3,000 years.

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With his typical sensitive yet scientific prose, Carter draws you into this real-life story of adventure and hidden treasure. His collaborators have added sections on the objects and chemistry of the tomb, as well as Dr. Derry's examination of the mummy.

Published for the first time for Kindle, Carter's 1927 Volume II follows the recent Kindle publication of Volume I. Both volumes have been meticulously edited with a modern Introduction and footnotes.

Dive into the adventure. You'll read it again and again.

For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940015917680
Publisher:	BIG BYTE BOOKS
Publication date:	11/02/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 - 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist known for his remarkable discovery of the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun.

A talented artist, Carter first went to Egypt in his late teens in 1891. He learned the techniques of modern excavation from the master: Sir William Flinders Petrie, at Amarna in Middle Egypt and other sites.

Carter worked with Edouard Naville at Deir el Bahari, rendering beautiful copies of the reliefs and paintings on the temple of Hatshepsut. From 1899 to 1905, he was an inspector with the Egyptian Antiquities Service, until he resigned after an altercation with French tourists at Saqqara near Cairo.

Carter had also supervised excavations in Thebes (modern Luxor). He was recommended to Lord Carnarvon, a fellow Englishman, as an expert excavator to assist in Carnarvon's digs in Egypt.

After several relatively unproductive seasons, the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings was taken over from Theodore Davis by Carnarvon. Carter already had evidence that he believed pointed to the fact that an obscure king named Tutankhamun might still be buried in the Valley.

After an interruption by WWI, Carter and Carnarvon resumed excavations in the Valley. On the eve of suspending their work there, Carter made the richest discovery in archaeological history.

Carter's wonderful series of books on the discovery, "The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen" Vols I-III, take you right into the excitement, wonder, and difficulty of dealing with a find that exceeded anyone's expectations.

After becoming known to the world, Carter died in relative obscurity in 1939. His name will be forever linked to that of Tutankhamun.

Editorial Reviews

"What he writes has the stamp of first-hand knowledge and the grace of a sympathetic style. The world owes a debt of gratitude that the accident of the discovery of the tomb brought to it so painstaking a workman as the author--one who was willing to sacrifice the golden possibility of haste and fame to the slow accumulation of scientific knowledge."--The New York Times

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