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1968 examination of Tutankhamun's body, photograph

  • Photograph of Professor R. G. Harrison, Derby Professor of Anatomy, University of Liverpool, with Dr Z. Iskander and others, examining Tutankhamun's remains in the king's tomb, KV62, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
  • The original photograph was taken on 4 December 1968 by Mr Lynton Reeve, Department of Anatomy, University of Liverpool.

Reeve, Lynton

Tutankhamun related documentation, other than excavation records: mask of Tutankhamun, digital image

  • Digital image.
  • Original negative made from a Lehnert & Landrock postcard, Cairo, probably late 1920s or 1930s.
  • Postcard caption: 013 TUTANKHAMEN SERIES GOLD PORTRAIT MASK OF KING
  • Original postcard features an edited version of Burton photograph P0757.
  • Mask of Tutankhamun (256a), gold inlaid with coloured glass and semi-precious stones, in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60672.

Burton, Harry

Tutankhamun related documentation, other than excavation records: statue of Selkis, digital image

  • Digital image.
  • The original negative was made from a Lehnert & Landrock postcard, Cairo, probably late 1920s or 1930s.
  • Postcard caption: 018 TUTANKHAMEN SERIES THE TUTELARY GODDESS SELKIT
  • Original postcard features Burton photograph P1550.
  • Statue of the goddess Selkis from Tutankhamun's canopic shrine (266), gilded wood, in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60686.

Burton, Harry

Tutankhamun related documentation, other than excavation records: enclosure wall around the tomb, digital image

  • Digital image.
  • Original negative made from a Lehnert & Landrock postcard, Cairo, probably late 1920s or 1930s.
  • Original postcard features Burton photograph KV79.
  • Postcard caption: 003 TUTANKHAMEN SERIES ENTRANCE TO TOMB
  • View of the modern enclosure wall protecting the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Burton, Harry

Transporting one of Tutankhamun's couches, negative

  • Photograph showing Howard Carter (left) and an Egyptian team member carrying one side of the hippopotamus couch (137) out of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
  • Negative made from an original photograph.
  • Original photograph, photographer not known. Taken in early 1923.
  • Labelled: ‘At the Luxor Tomb. At the Exit from the tomb. Mr. H. Carter helping to carry out a section of one of the couches’.

Coffin (255): Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Coffin (255). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

  • Typescript letter with an enclosed note from James R. Ogden to Howard Carter.
  • Dated 20 July 1932.
  • Notes the weight of the third (innermost) coffin (255) of gold, which is 110 kg.
  • The coffins melt value in 1932, estimated by Ogden, was £20,337.

Ogden, James R.

Notebooks: The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen ii (ch. 5 and 6)

Howard Carter manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters V and VI

  • Two notebooks, TAA i.2.9 [1] and TAA i.2.9 [2].

TAA i.2.9 [1]

"I. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season, 1925-26."

  • Howard Carter's manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapters 5 and 6.
    • Covering fourth season, 1925-1926.
  • 54 openings (108 pages) with several enclosures.
  • Two sections:
    • 1-[27] (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 5.
    • Manuscript title: 'Chap. V. The Opening of the three Coffins ||| (Season 1925-26)'.
    • Pages 1-26 (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
    • Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.

TAA i.2.9 [2]

"II. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen. IVth Season - 1925-26 - Continued."

  • 12 openings (24 pages)
    • Pages 27-38 (Carter's numbering for openings).
    • Continuation of Carter's annotated manuscript for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume ii, chapter 6.
    • [Manuscript title: 'Chap. VI. Light on Pharaonic Burial Customs'.]

Carter, Howard

Notebook: A. H. Gardiner transcriptions (copies)

Tutankhamun notebook, Howard Carter's copies of selected object cards

  • Selected object cards, Alan H. Gardiner's transcriptions copied by Carter from original object cards (see TAA i.1.1-620)
  • Carter's manuscript with transcriptions
    • Antechamber, object nos. 37, 38
    • Treasury, object nos. 261-337
    • Annexe, object nos. 338-420
    • 1 enclosure, letter from Percy Newberry to Howard Carter, dated 13-09-1928, with transcription and translation of texts from the model figure of Tutankhamun, lying on a funeral bier [Carter 331a], now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60720.

Carter, Howard

Journal: The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen iii (ch. 1 and 2), Madrid lecture, and damp in the tomb

Howard Carter's 'Notes upon Objects in the Store-room [Treasury], 1926-1927', forming parts of chapters 1 and 2 in volume iii of The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, Madrid lecture, and notes on damp in the tomb

  • 81 numbered pages
  • Carter's manuscript drafts (partial) for The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen volume iii, chapters 1 and 2.
  • Manuscript notes for a lecture in Madrid, May 1928.
  • Manuscript notes regarding the 'Existence of damp in the tomb'.

Carter, Howard

Journal: 1926-1930 (5th-9th seasons)

Howard Carter's excavation journal, 1926 to 1930, covering the fifth to ninth seasons.

  • 65 numbered pages
  • Mostly manuscript (Carter) with some typescript pages
  • Includes a note dated May 1926, in which Carter notes a sighting of a black jackal at Thebes.

Carter, Howard

Journal: 1925-1926 (4th season)

Howard Carter's excavation journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1925-1926, covering the fourth season.

  • 111 numbered pages
  • Manuscript (Carter)

Carter, Howard

Howard Carter's diary for 1924

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1924

  • Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1924
  • Notes on Carter's activities in Egypt in early 1924, which include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and lecture venues and dates. Also contains a few notes on negotiations with British officials and the Egyptian authorities, between December 1924 and January 1925, regarding the dispute and closure of Tutankhamun's tomb.
  • Also entries for:
    • Lecture tour, North America, 12 April (depart London) to 2 July (depart New York).
    • Some lectures, England, October to early November.
    • Lecture, Madrid, Residencia de Estudiantes, 24 November.
    • Lecture, Madrid, Trabro Fontainalla, 26 November.
  • Departed for Egypt, 10 December.

Carter, Howard

Howard Carter's diary for 1923

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1923

  • Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1923
  • Carter's activities in Egypt include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and his excavations

Carter, Howard

Howard Carter's diary for 1922

Howard Carter's appointment diary for 1922

  • Letts's - No. 46 - Indian and Colonial - Rough Diary - 1922
  • Carter's activities in Egypt include departures and arrivals, lunch appointments, meetings with officials and colleagues, and his excavations
  • Contains the first records on the tomb of Tutankhamun and its discovery
  • Significant dates include:
    • 4th November 1922: "First steps of tomb found"
    • 5th November 1922: "Discovered tomb under tomb of Ramses VI Investigated same & found seals intact."
    • 26th November 1922: "Open second doorway about 2 4 5 pm. Advised Engelbach."

Carter, Howard

Journal: 1923-1924 (2nd season, compiled by A. C. Mace)

Arthur C. Mace's journal for the tomb of Tutankhamun, 1923-1924, covers part of the second season.

  • 32 numbered pages
  • Manuscript (Mace)
  • Complements Howard Carter's journal for the same dates. See TAA i.2.1

Mace, Arthur Cruttenden

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