The Tomb of Tutankhamun

Volume 2: The Burial Chamber

Howard Carter

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Bloomsbury
24 September 2014

History; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology

Series: Bloomsbury Revelations

The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.

Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in antiquity, the burial of the king lay intact with its nest of coffins and funerary shrines, surrounded by a mass of burial equipment arranged in three peripheral chambers.

Following on from the first volume's account of the search for and initial discovery of the team, in the second volume Howard Carter recounts the discovery of the king's burial chamber: the breakthrough to the four protective shrines, the revelation of the quartz-sandstone sarcophagus, the king's three coffins (his own of pure gold) and the bejewelled mummy of the Pharaoh himself. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes over 150 photographs of the treasures that lay within the great burial chamber of Tutankhamun.

By: Howard Carter
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781472577634
ISBN 10: 1472577639
Series: Bloomsbury Revelations
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 24 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Howard Carter (1874-1939) was an artist and archaeologist, best known for his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.