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Book SynopsisOn 26 November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. This book puts Tutankhamun's short life into context by describing and explaining the complexities of life in Ancient Egypt and details the actual discovery and original expedition, drawing on the personal archives of Howard Carter himself.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Maps; Egyptian Chronology; Ancient Egypt: The Land and the People; Ancient Egypt: Society, Religion and the Arts; The Pharoahs; King Akhenaten and the Amarna Period; The Reawakening of Interest in Ancient Egypt in the West; Jean-Francois Champollion and the Decipherment of the Hieroglyphs; Rediscovering Monuments of Ancient Egypt; Recording Monuments of Ancient Egypt; Early Photography in Egypt; C & C: Carter and Carnarvon; Back in the Valley; The Antechamber; The Tomb; The Excavators; Recording the Contents of Tutankhamun's Tomb; Harry Burton; Opening the Burial Chamber; The Burial Chamber; The Sarcophagus and Coffins; The King's Mummy; The Treasury; The Annexe; The Contents of the Tomb; Safeguarding Tutankhamun's Afterlife; Maintaining Tutankhamun's Royal Status in the Afterlife; Mementoes of this World; King Tutankhamun 13371327 BC; And 80 Years Later; Index; Translations; Credits.
