Sifting the dust from the floor of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Creator: Harry Burton.

Sifting the dust from the floor of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Creator: Harry Burton.

1-649-610 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Sifting the dust from the floor of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Sir Charles Cust (in soft hat), the King's Equerry, with Mr Callender. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter (1874-1939) was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because of his association with the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten, who was Tutankhamun's father-in-law. Consequently his tomb, uniquely, had remained undisturbed by grave robbers.


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Creator
  1. Harry Burton, attributed to: British: Egyptologist, photographer
Subject
  1. Charles Cust: British: Naval officer, equerry
People Related
  1. Tutankhamun: Egyptian: King, pharaoh
  2. Howard Carter: British: Archaeologist, Egyptologist

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Africa Egypt Al Uqşur Luxor

  1. 25 41 47 N , 032 38 45 E

World Africa Egypt Qinā Karnak

  1. 25 42 55 N , 032 39 09 E

World Africa Egypt Qinā Thebes

  1. 25 42 00 N , 032 41 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Archaeological Sites

People Other

Society & Culture Death & Burial

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4072x5331
File Size : 63,598kb


Aliases

  1. 160070
  1. 0600000899
  1. 1-649-610
  1. 160070
  1. 1649610

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