The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 3: The Annexe and Treasury

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 3: The Annexe and Treasury
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Howard Carter
SeriesBloomsbury Revelations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreEgyptian archaeology and Egyptology
ISBN/Barcode 9781472577771
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. After the long search for the tomb and its initial discovery and excavation (volume 1), after the discovery of the king's resting place and body (volume 2), the third and final volume of Howard Carter's account sees him reach the treasury, full of the incredible riches that the Pharaoh had sort to take with him to the world beyond and which had seemed lost to time before Carter's historic discovery. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, the book includes over 150 photographs of the treasury and its contents.

Author Biography

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