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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> With the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 Howard Carter took his place in the annals of archaeology as one of the most famous and successful Egyptologists of all time. This profusely illustrated volume uses Carter’s own words and those of his contemporaries in letters and diaries- augmented by Carter’s own watercolors and excavation photographs-to tell the story of his thirty-year obsession with ancient Egypt and his work in the quest for and unearthing of Tutankhamun’s tomb. The text traces Carter’s extraordinary career from his first visit to Egypt at the age of seventeen through his important work with the Egyptian Antiquities Service supervising excavations in the Valley of Kings and other sites. It tells how in 1905 an altercation with drunken French tourists brought Carter’s official career to an abrupt end; but that two years later he began his fruitful association with the fifth Earl of Carnarvon whose financing and active involvement ultimately led to Carter’s unearthing of the richest royal tomb in Egypt. Revealed too are the controversies that often surrounded Carter as his difficult personality and colorful exploits raised the hackles of more conventional contemporaries. Rarely has an archaeologist’s life been so well documented. Aside from the vivid uncompromising letters and diaries Carter’s great adventure is brought to life in two hundred illustrations eighty in full color. His own works the artifacts he kept for his personal collection and a wealth of excavated Egyptian treasures now in museums throughout the world are all displayed in this intimate and eye-opening tale. (MP)