Picture No | 10222598 |
Date | 1923 |
Description | Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter in Tutankamen's Tomb, Egypt |
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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.
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Source | The Sphere. 14 April 1923, page 40 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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