Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery (METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Tutankhamun's Tomb Features vintage photographs, commemorating the discovery and exploration in 1922 of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. These photographs show several richly made and decorated objects found in the tomb.
Full description- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Published: 01 September 2006
- Format: Hardback 103 pages
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- Categories: Photographic Reportage | Geographical Discovery & Exploration | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology
- ISBN 13: 9780300120264 ISBN 10: 0300120265
- Sales rank: 486,318
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Full description for Tutankhamun's Tomb
This richly illustrated book of vintage photographs commemorates one of the most memorable episodes in the history of archaeology: the discovery and exploration in 1922 of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (Dynasty 18, ruled ca. 1336-1327 B.C.). These photographs, documenting every stage in the process of discovery, were taken by the renowned archaeological photographer Harry Burton. Burton was a staff member of the Metropolitan Museum Egyptian Expedition when he was 'lent' to Howard Carter, the famed excavator of Tutankhamun's tomb. From the rock-cut steps leading down to the entrance passage, to the opening of the sealed chambers inside, to the first view of the contents of the tomb and the removal of the objects, Burton's beautiful black-and-white photographs show thousands of the richly made and decorated objects found in the tomb. Carefully reproduced from Burton's original prints, the photographs are accompanied by new descriptive text written by two prominent Egyptologists with extensive knowledge of the history of Tutankhamun and the contents of his tomb.
