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Shortly after the ancient tomb of Egypt's King Tutankhamun was opened in 1922, the English lord who had financed the discovery died. In subsequent years, others connected with the tomb also died, some under mysterious circumstances. This title examines the so-called "curse of King Tut" and attempts to answer numerous pivotal questions.--From publisher description.
3) Tutankhamun
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A brilliantly produced volume on one of the most intriguing historical figures ever-oversized and lavishly illustrated with 8 pages of gatefolds, 400 color images, the highest quality paper, and a three-piece linen-bound cover! Until Howard Carter finally discovered Tutankhamun's tomb, the magnificence of the young king's legacy, left behind more than 3,000 years ago, was merely legend. What Carter unearthed in 1922, after years of painstaking work,...
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One of the most exciting archaeological finds of the twentieth century was the discovery, in 1922, of the last unaccounted tomb of a Pharaoh in the royal valley of the Kings at Luxor, Egypt. Today, many of the surviving participants have shared with the author their still vivid memories of that dramatic event.
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This volume will occupy a place of honour in the future amongst the revelatory moments which history vouchsafes from time to time when it lifts for a moment the mysterious curtain which has hidden from our eyes a representative individual or a significant episode in man's experience. Could anything be more stirring to the imagination than the burial treasure of the romantic young king Tutankhamen who died prematurely after a short but sumptuous reign?...
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Ninety years ago in Egypt the greatest archaeological find in history was made: the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb and its golden treasures. But the real story has become shrouded in myth, with many mysteries around the tomb unsolved to this day. This 120 minute special brings together the latest evidence from a team of archaeologists, anatomists, geologists, and Egyptologists, to build the ultimate picture of Tutankhamen.
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Contains color photographs of ancient Egyptian artifacts, many of which are featured in the exhibit of Tutankhamun's treasures traveling Europe and the United States in the early twenty-first century, and includes essays that examine pharaonic history, daily life and religion in ancient Egypt, and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
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An account of the discovery of the tomb in the Valley of the Kings with diagrams, drawings, and reconstructions.
The story of the boy-king, buried in splendor at the height of Egyptian civilization; the determined quest for his tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon; the unforeseen riches eventually revealed - these are ingredients unparalleled in the annals of archaeology. Yet for all the publicity at the time of the discovery and since - given...
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