The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 2: The Burial Chamber

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 2: The Burial Chamber
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Howard Carter
SeriesBloomsbury Revelations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreEgyptian archaeology and Egyptology
ISBN/Barcode 9781472577634
ClassificationsDewey:932.014
Audience
General
Edition 2nd edition
Illustrations 150 illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 23 October 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in antiquity, the burial of the king lay intact with its nest of coffins and funerary shrines, surrounded by a mass of burial equipment arranged in three peripheral chambers. Following on from the first volume's account of the search for and initial discovery of the team, in the second volume Howard Carter recounts the discovery of the king's burial chamber: the breakthrough to the four protective shrines, the revelation of the quartz-sandstone sarcophagus, the king's three coffins (his own of pure gold) and the bejewelled mummy of the Pharaoh himself. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes over 150 photographs of the treasures that lay within the great burial chamber of Tutankhamun.

Author Biography

Howard Carter (1874-1939) was an artist and archaeologist, best known for his discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.