The first excavation season in the tomb of Tutankhamen.Part 1: October 28 to December 31‚ 1922 © Griffith Institute‚ Oxford OX1 2LG Otter Box This document provides an in-depth description of Howard Carter’s initial discovery of the ante-chamber to King Tutankhamen’s tomb. November 26th describes the discovery of an unidentified room filled with artifacts‚ while November 27th describes the initial excavation of this room and identifying it as Tutankhamen’s tomb. Howard Carter’s passion for Egypt
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20. Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall 21. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut 22. Akhenaton‚ Nefertiti & Three Daughters 23. Tutankhamun’s Tomb innermost coffin 24. Last Judgment of Hu-Nefer 25. Lammasu 26. Athenian agora 27. Anavysos Kouros 28. Peplos Kore 29. Sarcophagus of the Spouses 30. Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes 31. Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo 32. Tomb of Triclinium 33. Niobides Krater 34. Doryphoros 35. Acropolis 36. Grave Stele of Hegeso 37. Nike of Samothrace 38. Great
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Howard Carter was a British Archaeologist and Egyptologist who rocketed to fame when he discovered the pristine tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922. This discovery and his work in Egyptology made a huge impact on the world of archaeology. Carter was born in Kensington‚ London‚ in 1874. His father was a fairly successful artist‚ and Carter himself was talented. He grew up near Didlington Hall‚ the mansion of the Amherst family‚ which contained a decent collection of Egyptian artifacts which sparked
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on and wear. On the opposite wall was a mural called The Book of the Dead which depicts in a frieze of figures the judgement of a pharaoh. Surrounding the paintings was a collection of ancient spells. The explorer Sir Flinder discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the
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Emilie White Mrs. Barnett Language Arts IV 9 December 2011 King Tutankhamun Tutankhamun‚ better known as King Tut‚ was unwanted by his subjects‚ ignored by his successors and forgotten for more than thirty centuries. Thanks to the discovery of his tomb by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter‚ he has been reborn as Egypt’s most famous son‚ achieving true immortality. Tut was born during the Amama Age‚ around 1341 BC. His mother was believed to be Kiya and his father was Akhenaten. When Tut was
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"Long before the time of the Pharoahs..there was a god who cares for all of the skies and dozens of his kind...." Inscription found on wall above the Tomb of Osiris The Great Secret Surrounding the Tomb of Osiris In the Late 1950’s ‚ while the Super Power of the United States was tapping into the future through space expeditions‚ the other Super Power of Russia was tapping into the future by seeking the knowledge of the past. A very top secret project began..so secret that even
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Death at Lake Mungo 1. In what circumstances were the skeletons of Mungo Woman and Mungo Man recovered from the site at Lake Mungo? Both of the discoveries of the bodies were made by accident‚ the first discovery of the Mungo Woman being made when a geomorphologist‚ Jim Bowler‚ was looking for evidence of climate change‚ instead finding the remains of the Mungo Woman and the Mungo Man‚ six years later and 500 metres away. The Mungo Woman was found charred from cremation and her bones smashed into
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Bingham was born on November 19‚ 1875 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii and later died on June 6‚ 1956 in Washington‚ D.C. Throughout his legacy he had accomplishments‚ just a few however‚ are key events that have gone down in history. One of these events being his discovery of Machu Picchu‚ a fortress city of the Inca that was thought to be lost through the ages. The Inca were one of three main primitive groups of Native Americans in the central Americas: The Aztecs‚ The Maya‚ and The Incas. Hiram Bingham’s crowning
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Mummy ’s Curse Wendi Long Strayer University World Cultures I HUM111112VA016-1134-001 Brian Muhammad May 5‚ 2013 Mummy ’s Curse What happened to the people who were present at the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb? Was it really just random unfortunate‚ unexplainable‚ and tragic events that lead to their deaths‚ or was it something more like an ancient curse that brought them to their demise? On February 18‚ 1922 the sealed door to the burial chamber was finally opened‚ but it was yet another
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Warrior exhibition at New York City’s Discovery Times Square. "Partly it’s out of respect for the elders‚ but they also realize that nobody in the world right now has the technology to properly go in and excavate it." The Terracotta Warrior exhibition‚ featuring artifacts from the Qin dynasty and nine life-size statues from the extended burial complex built for Qin Shi Huang‚ is on display through Aug. 26. [Photos: Terracotta Warriors Protect Secret Tomb] The warring states Qin Shi Huang
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