Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter in Tutankamen's Tomb, Egypt
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, looking into the Gilded Sanctuary Room of Tutankhamen's tomb, as Howard Carter looks back towards the photographer in the main outer apartment, 1923. Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy amateur egyptologist who financed Carter's discoveries in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
Picture No
10222598
Media ID
45990823
Size
3700px x 5814px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Sphere. 14 April 1923, page 40
Date
1923
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