Tomb of Tutankhamun replica, Howard Carter House, Egypt

Tutankhamun wearing nemes headdress, welcomed to the underworld by Osiris (left), detail from facsimile replica of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, by Factum Arte, begun 2009, inaugurated 2014, under supervision of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, at the House of Howard Carter, 1874-1939, British archaeologist and Egyptologist, in the Theban necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Carter worked for Lord Carvarvon from 1907 excavating tombs in the Valley of the Kings, and discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. The house is now a museum. Thebes is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

14109503

Media ID

45857319

Size

4157px x 7087px (13.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen

Date

2009