Tutankhamun: The Untold StoryThe discovery of Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb is one of the greatest events in modern archeology. It is also a story so filled with intrigues, accusations, international imbroglios, and lasting scandals that it forever altered the way archaeological expeditions were organized and conducted. Hoving's Tutankhamun focuses on Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search in the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamun's tomb. Other major figures in the discovery include: Carter's patron Lord Carnarvon, who died shortly after entering the tomb, thus kindling rumors of a curse; Carter's rival Pierre Lacau, a French Jesuit who headed the Antiquities Service in Cairo and did everything he could to ruin Carter and deny his claim; the Egyptian authorities determined to keep the artifacts of their national heritage in their country; and Arthur Weigall and other Egyptologists who felt slighted by Carter's refusal to admit experts anywhere near his discovery. |
Contents
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The First Years of Search | 55 |
Deep Doubts | 63 |
The Tomb of the Golden Bird | 75 |
The Queens Visit | 201 |
Closing Down the Tomb | 213 |
Sudden Tragedy | 219 |
The Curse | 226 |
The Season Ends | 231 |
Collision Course | 236 |
The Bastion of Bureaucracy | 253 |
Dismantling the Shrines | 263 |
Wonderful Things | 83 |
The Long Night | 90 |
Revelations | 104 |
The Limelight | 108 |
Discovery Colossal and Need Every Assistance | 114 |
The Affair of the Three Princesses | 127 |
The Metropolitan Museum Makes a Coup | 138 |
Tutankhamun Ltd | 146 |
A Renegade Speaks Out | 158 |
Strong Bull Beautiful of Birth | 166 |
Carnarvon Returns to the Tomb | 176 |
The Sealed Doorway | 191 |
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