EPISODE · Jun 28, 2021 · 30 MIN
Howard Carter and the Treasure of Tutankhamun's Tomb (Part Two)
from Byte Sized Biographies… · host Philip D. Gibbons
After searching the Valley of the Kings for decades, for a tomb that every other expert in Egyptology declared nonexistent, Howard Carter eventually discovered the most important archeological find of the 20th century. Anubis, God of the DeadAlabaster ceremonial cup from the tomb of TutankhamenThe Lotus Bust of Tutankhamen, which raised suspicion about Carter's methodologyDetail from the second wooden coffinThe Carnarvon ancestral home, Highclere castle aka as Downton Abbey
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After searching the Valley of the Kings for decades, for a tomb that every other expert in Egyptology declared nonexistent, Howard Carter eventually discovered the most important archeological find of the 20th century. Anubis, God of the DeadAlabaster ceremonial cup from the tomb of TutankhamenThe Lotus Bust of Tutankhamen, which raised suspicion about Carter's methodologyDetail from the second wooden coffinThe Carnarvon ancestral home, Highclere castle aka as Downton Abbey
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