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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.
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Oct 27, 2021 · Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who excavated King Tut’s tomb beginning in 1922. Read about his discovery, death, and more.
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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
Nov 9, 2009 · Tutankhamun, or simply King Tut, ruled Egypt as pharaoh until his early death. Howard Carter found his tomb intact, setting off a worldwide Egyptology frenzy.
Sep 25, 2022 · In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered Pharoah Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt — and changed history forever.
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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.
