Howard Carter Essay

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Howard Carter was one of the most prominent archaeologists of all time and was well known for his many discoveries, including the best preserved pharaonic tomb ever found. Born on May, 9, 1874 to a successful artist, Carter was inspired by a painting of his father's’ depicting an Egyptologist. In 1891 at the young age of 17, Carter found work excavating Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan. His improvements on the methods of copying of tomb decoration at the time was likely very helpful to the development of modern archaeological methods. After his successful time at Beni Hasan, Carter was hired to work with Édouard Naville at Deir el-Bahari, where he worked recording wall reliefs in the temple of Hatshepsut from 1894-1899. After being appointed …show more content…
Carter was hired by Lord Carnarvon to excavate in the Valley of the Kings where he worked until 1914. After the end of the First World War, Carter returned to the Valley of the Kings and continued his excavations, although he was not particularly successful. Lord Carnarvon was not happy with a lack of results from Carter and informed him in 1922 that it would be his last year of funded excavations in the valley. Shortly after learning that he was about to lose his funding, Carter’s team stumbled upon a set of stairs on November, 4, 1922, which Carter believed would lead to a pharaonic tomb. After calling Lord Carnarvon to join him in Egypt, Carter entered the tomb on November, 26, 1922 where he found many treasures of gold and jewels. On February, 16, 1923, Carter at last entered the inner chamber of the tomb and discovered the mummy of King Tutankhamun. The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb was widely covered by the news of the time, and likely helped develop modern interest in archaeology and egyptology. Carter worked on the excavation and cataloging of the items found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun until 1932 when he retired and began working as a consultant for various collectors and

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