Tutankhamun
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Tutankhamun

The Untold Story

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eBook - ePub

Tutankhamun

The Untold Story

About this book

The discovery of Tutankhamun's treasure-filled tomb is one of the greatest events in modern archeology. It is also a story so filled with intrigues, accusations, international imbroglios, and lasting scandals that it forever altered the way archaeological expeditions were organized and conducted. Hoving's Tutankhamun focuses on Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search in the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamun's tomb. Other major figures in the discovery include: Carter's patron Lord Carnarvon, who died shortly after entering the tomb, thus kindling rumors of a curse; Carter's rival Pierre Lacau, a French Jesuit who headed the Antiquities Service in Cairo and did everything he could to ruin Carter and deny his claim; the Egyptian authorities determined to keep the artifacts of their national heritage in their country; and Arthur Weigall and other Egyptologists who felt slighted by Carter's refusal to admit experts anywhere near his discovery.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 • Dramatis Personae
  9. 2 • The Stage: The Valley of the Kings
  10. 3 • Forty Kings and the Thieves from Kurna
  11. 4 • First Clues of Tutankhamun
  12. 5 • The First Years of Search
  13. 6 • Deep Doubts
  14. 7 • “The Tomb of the Golden Bird”
  15. 8 • “Wonderful Things”
  16. 9 • The Long Night
  17. 10 • Revelations
  18. 11 • The Limelight
  19. 12 • “Discovery Colossal and Need Every Assistance”
  20. 13 • The Affair of the Three Princesses
  21. 14 • The Metropolitan Museum Makes a Coup
  22. 15 • “Tutankhamun Ltd.”
  23. 16 • A “Renegade” Speaks Out
  24. 17 • “Strong Bull, Beautiful of Birth”
  25. 18 • Carnarvon Returns to the Tomb
  26. 19 • The Sealed Doorway
  27. 20 • The Queen’s Visit
  28. 21 • Closing Down the Tomb
  29. 22 • Sudden Tragedy
  30. 23 • The Curse
  31. 24 • The Season Ends
  32. 25 • Collision Course
  33. 26 • The Bastion of Bureaucracy
  34. 27 • Dismantling the Shrines
  35. 28 • “The Public Domain”
  36. 29 • Strike!
  37. 30 • “Bandits!”
  38. 31 • “A Malignant Influence”
  39. 32 • “Much Kalaam”
  40. 33 • Carter in America
  41. 34 • Surrender
  42. 35 • The Secret Division
  43. Sources
  44. Index