G. Elliot Smith – Tutankhamen and the discovery of his tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter – 1923

The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and was opened beginning on 4 November 1922 by excavators led by the Egyptologist Howard Carter, more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun's death and burial. Whereas the tombs of most pharaohs were plundered by graverobbers in ancient times, Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden by debris for most of its existence and therefore not extensively robbed. It thus became the only known near-intact royal burial from ancient Egypt.Titel: Tutankhamen and the discovery of his tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter - with 22 illustrations, 2 maps and a coloured frontispiece 'Tribute to Tutankhamen'Auteur: G. Elliot SmithUitgever: London, George Routledge, 1923 - eerste uitgave - 19,5 x 12,5 cm.oorspronkelijke bruin/rode linnen band.Conditie: onderzijde rug gerafeld en geplakt; bandlinnen voorplat licht vervaagd. Verder goed.Inhoud:PrefaceBibliographical noteIntroductoryExploration of the Theban tombs of the KingsTutankhamenThe Significance of the discovery: embalming and immortality, Early beliefs, The Dawn of civilization, Giving life to the dead, Success after twenty centuries, the King and OsirisThe Valley of the tombs: Tomb robber's confessions, Hiding the MummiesThe story of the FloodGetting to HeavenThe ethics of desecrationList of IllustrationsVerzending geregistreerd en verzekerd.