Howard Carter: 2 ideas worth knowing

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A pharaoh's tomb sat hidden and untouched for over 3,000 years until 1922
Funded by Lord Carnarvon, archaeologist Howard Carter uncovered steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922. Unlike almost every other pharaoh's…
— Howard Carter & A. C. Mace, The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen
After years of failed digs, an archaeologist found the one tomb the looters missed
Howard Carter had searched Egypt's Valley of the Kings for years, funded by Lord Carnarvon, before his crew finally uncovered a hidden staircase in November 1922. Peering through a…
— Howard Carter, The Tomb of Tutankhamen

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