Tutankhamun. The tomb of the pharaoh. Howard K.

A hundred years ago, in 1922, the English archaeologist and Egyptologist Carter Howard, in the Valley of Kings near Luxor opened the Tutankhamun tomb. The ones that occurred were recognized as one of the decisive and most famous events in Egyptology.

The author spoke in detail and fascinatingly about the progress of archaeological works, the methodology and technique of excavations, techniques for the preservation and transportation of a diverse contents of the tomb, including the royal mummies. He gave an exhaustive review and artistic analysis of the most interesting samples of ancient Egyptian art and crafts buried with the pharaoh, and the results of an anatomical examination of the mummy.