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The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen

Arnold C. Brackman

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Description:This is the first book, since the pharaoh's tomb was found just over a half-century ago, to tell the full story of the richest discovery in archaeological history: the exhausting, barren years of search; the astonishing find itself; and the stormy aftermath.The protagonists of the bizarre tale were two Englishmen--Lord Carnarvon, a one-time British playboy who searched for a new purpose in life after a near-fatal automobile accident, and Howard Carter, a taciturn, prickly bachelor who didn't have an old school tie to his name.In 1907, they became companions in adventure and began an annual scouring of Upper Egypt. Carter was a self-taught Egyptologist and Carnarvon supplied the capital. In 1922, their funds and hopes diminishing, the pair agreed to one last dig--and struck pay dirt. Their discovery was a sensation: Tutankhamen's tomb turned out to be a treasure chest; the coffin for instant, weighing 2,500 lbs., was pure bullion. It took Carter ten years just to empty the tomb of all that glittered--gold and silver and precious stones.Within a few days of the discovery, however, Carnarvon died, the first in a series of "victims" claimed by an alleged mummy's curse. And, as tourists descended on Egypt like a plague of old, Carter was driven half-mad by the deaths, the clamor of the press, and legal squabbles over ownership of the treasure."King Tut," more than three thousand years after his burial, was a major influence on the art and the fashion and the fads of the roaring twenties. Other repercussions were more profound: discovery of the pharaoh's tomb ignited controversy among Biblical scholars who argued the relationship of Moses and the Exodus to the eighteenth dynasty of Egyptian kings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen. To get started finding The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the first book, since the pharaoh's tomb was found just over a half-century ago, to tell the full story of the richest discovery in archaeological history: the exhausting, barren years of search; the astonishing find itself; and the stormy aftermath.The protagonists of the bizarre tale were two Englishmen--Lord Carnarvon, a one-time British playboy who searched for a new purpose in life after a near-fatal automobile accident, and Howard Carter, a taciturn, prickly bachelor who didn't have an old school tie to his name.In 1907, they became companions in adventure and began an annual scouring of Upper Egypt. Carter was a self-taught Egyptologist and Carnarvon supplied the capital. In 1922, their funds and hopes diminishing, the pair agreed to one last dig--and struck pay dirt. Their discovery was a sensation: Tutankhamen's tomb turned out to be a treasure chest; the coffin for instant, weighing 2,500 lbs., was pure bullion. It took Carter ten years just to empty the tomb of all that glittered--gold and silver and precious stones.Within a few days of the discovery, however, Carnarvon died, the first in a series of "victims" claimed by an alleged mummy's curse. And, as tourists descended on Egypt like a plague of old, Carter was driven half-mad by the deaths, the clamor of the press, and legal squabbles over ownership of the treasure."King Tut," more than three thousand years after his burial, was a major influence on the art and the fashion and the fads of the roaring twenties. Other repercussions were more profound: discovery of the pharaoh's tomb ignited controversy among Biblical scholars who argued the relationship of Moses and the Exodus to the eighteenth dynasty of Egyptian kings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen. To get started finding The Search for the Gold of Tutankhamen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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