"Feverishly we cleared away…the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us … Feverishly we cleared away…the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us…Lord Carnarvon said to me "Can you see anything." I replied to him "Yes, it is wonderful. And there was little doubt that there behind was the grave of that Pharaoh.''—Howard Carter, "Tomb of Tutankhamen
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Howard Carter was born in London. His talent for drawing and his interest in Egyptian antiquities took him to Egypt when … Howard Carter was born in London. His talent for drawing and his interest in Egyptian antiquities took him to Egypt when he was still only 17, in the autumn of 1891. In 1900 he was appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities to the Egyptian Government with responsibilities for Upper Egypt. In 1922, as the chief archaeologist for Lord Carnarvon's expedition, Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen. He died on March 2, 1939, in London.
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