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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings .
May 9, 2024 · Howard Carter (born May 9, 1874, Kensington, London—died March 2, 1939, London) was a British archaeologist, who made one of the richest and most-celebrated contributions to Egyptology: the discovery (1922) of the largely intact tomb of King Tutankhamen.
Oct 27, 2021 · Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who excavated King Tut’s tomb beginning in 1922. By Biography.com Editors Updated: Oct 27, 2021. Getty Images. 1874-1939. Who Was Howard Carter? Howard...
Nov 3, 2022 · How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s Golden Tomb. A hundred years after the legendary find, archival records tell the definitive story of the dig that changed the world
Oct 19, 2022 · HISTORY & CULTURE. Unmasking Howard Carter—the man who found Tutankhamun. A century after the discovery that would captivate the world, the British archaeologist at the centre of the find...
The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 by excavators led by the Egyptologist Howard Carter, more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun's death and burial.
Jul 4, 2014 · The great discoverer of the treasures of King Tutankhamun, Howard Carter, was born on May 9, 1874 CE to Samuel John and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter in Kensington, England. A sick, home-schooled child, Carter learned to draw and paint from his father, an accomplished Victorian artist.
