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- Carter did not invent the idea of a cursed tomb, but he did exploit it to keep intruders away from his history-making discovery. In fact, the tombs of all royalty — not just Tutankhamun's — were said to have exactly the same "curse" and had been opened with no resulting evil effects.
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Feb 16, 2024 · How Howard Carter's amazing discovery of King Tut's tomb led to tales of a curse and ignited interest in the mummy's ancient mystery.
- Michael Natale
- News Editor
- michael.natale@hearst.com
Aug 10, 2023 · Rumors continued to swirl of a mummy curse that Carter had unleashed, especially when people associated with the excavation started dying. However, as decades passed and more members of Carter's team died, scientists began to wonder if there was a much more mundane reason for the deaths.
- Excavating The Valley of The Kings
- Discovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb
- The Treasures of Tutankhamun
- The Tomb That Changed The World
In those days, the Valley of the Kings looked like a huge quarry, covered with piles of stones up to 30 feet high—waste left by previous excavators. Before he could investigate the triangular patch of central valley floor he’d chosen for his search, Carter had no choice but to clear tens of thousands of tons of this waste, then dig through an unexc...
At the Griffith Institute, Fleming brought out the notebooks describing what happened next. There was a small diary, cream-colored with a red spine, as well as a larger ring binder—Carter’s excavation journal. Together with popular books about Tutankhamun that Carter wrote over the following decade, they provide a pretty good sense of what he was u...
From reading Carter’s diaries, Malek, keeper of the Griffith Institute’s archive, told me, “He was obviously a man of few words. He was very prosaic, very down to earth. But when you read Carter’s description of when they first opened the tomb, he suddenly becomes a poet.” With white-gloved hands, Malek’s assistant, Fleming, pulled Carter’s yellowe...
Newsof the discovery quickly spread, along with a variety of tall tales. One local legend held that three mysterious airplanes had landed in the valley and taken off to an unknown destination loaded with treasure. On November 29, Carter held an official opening of the tomb’s antechamber, attended by various Egyptian and foreign notables and a repor...
Oct 31, 2022 · On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter stood before a sealed door blocking a dark corridor. Behind him stood his patron Lord Carnarvon. Both men knew that they were standing in the tomb of the 18th-Dynasty boy king Tutankhamun – the sealing on the now dismantled outer door had made that clear.
- Joyce Tyldesley
In 2022, a 1934 letter to Carter from Alan Gardiner came to light, accusing him of stealing from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter had given Gardiner an amulet and assured him it had not come from the tomb, but Reginald Engelbach, director of the Egyptian
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.
Feb 15, 2023 · These are the famous words of Howard Carter at the moment when he discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. On 26th November 1922, the British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter, holding a candle in one hand, made a tiny hole in the doorway of a tomb.
