📱 eBook en inglés Tutankhamun

The discovery of Tutankhamuns 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. Hovings Tutankhamun focuses on Howard Carter, the archaeologist who persisted for six years in his search in the Valley of the Kings for Tutankhamuns tomb. Other major figures in the discovery include: Carters patron Lord Carnarvon, who died shortly after entering the tomb, thus kindling rumors of a curse; Carters 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 Carters refusal to admit experts anywhere near his discovery.