Howard Carter
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist. His mother was Martha Carter and his father was Samuel Carter. As a young man he worked for the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Later, he was the man who found King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb was an accident. Howard Carter's waterboy stumbled across some steps leading under the desert surface. Lord Carnarvon, a sponsor of Carter's work, was impatient of the slow progress at this point,[1] and if the discovery had not been made, then it likely would not have been discovered at all.
Howard Carter Media
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KV62 in the Valley of the Kings
Carter's house in the Theban Necropolis, in 2009
Manuel Rosenberg autographed sketch of Howard Carter, 1924 for the Cincinnati Post
"King Tut as I know him" drawing by Howard Carter 1926 for Manuel Rosenberg
Carter's grave at Putney Vale Cemetery, London, in 2015
Blue plaque, 19 Collingham Gardens, Kensington, London
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References
- ↑ "How Howard Carter Almost Missed Finding King Tut's Tomb". History Magazine. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2020-03-14.