Tutankhamun: The Untold Story

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The discovery of Tutankhamun’s treasure-filled tomb is likely one of the greatest events in up to date archeology. It’s also a story so filled with intrigues, accusations, international imbroglios, and lasting scandals that it endlessly altered the way in which archaeological expeditions were organized and conducted. Hoving’s Tutankhamun specializes in Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search within the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamun’s tomb. Other major figures within the discovery include: Carter’s patron Lord Carnarvon, who died in a while 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 the whole thing he could to ruin Carter and deny his claim; the Egyptian authorities made up our minds 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.

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