A complete set of 5 comic books, including two copies of #1 featuring alternative cover illustrations
James Patterson, The Murder of King Tut.
Adaptation of the novel The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson and Martin Dugard, set in the time of Tutankhamun and follows Howard Carter's search for the King's tomb.
Two copies of the Prestige Stamp Book, 'Tutankhamun: Finding a Pharaoh', issued on 12 December 2022 as part of the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Two copies (identical) of the coin cover, 'The Burial of a King: Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in partnership with the Royal Mint, marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Royal Mail Group Ltd commissioned the Griffith Institute to act as consultants supplying all the text and required images for all the Special Stamp products.
Anonymous (ed.) 2022. A postcard from..: Royal Mail special stamps 2022. Royal Mail Yearbook 39. London: Royal Mail Group Ltd. ISBN: 9780946165773. 24.4 x 25.7 cm; 64 p., [117] figs [ills (mostly colour)] (OEB 307243).
The publication contains every stamp and miniature sheet issued by Royal Mail in 2022, with a chapter devoted to every Special Stamp issue. An expert in their field has written each dedicated chapter for each stamp issue. The subjects include The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb.
Contains the chapter 'Tutankhamun' and discusses the extraordinary period during which Tutankhamun lived, the significance of his burial and its site in the Valley of the Kings.
Also contains the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
The main set of eight colour stamps, each featuring an object from Tutankhamun's tomb, images supplied by Araldo De Luca.
Mini stamp sheet of four stamps featuring black and white photographs, including three Harry Burton photographs supplied by the Griffith Institute.
Photograph taken in early 1923, date of postcard not known.
Captioned 'Exploitation of Tout-Ankh-Amon's Tomb'.
Howard Carter (right) and Arthur Callender (left) carrying a tray of objects from the Antechamber of Tutankhamun's tomb. Objects include two footstools (78) and (84) and a rounded box of ebony and redwood veneer (79).
Part of a set of six photographs all taken by James Deardon Holmes (1873-1937), showing the backfilled entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1925. Each of these photographs represents one-half of a miniature stereoscopic image.
Part of a set of six photographs all taken by James Deardon Holmes (1873-1937), showing the backfilled entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1925. Each of these photographs represents one-half of a miniature stereoscopic image.
PDF with scans of four typewritten pages from the Holmes Stereoscopic Catalogue typescript with the section listing photographs taken by Deardon Holmes in Egypt including the Tutankhamun photographs.
Complement to a set of six photographs all taken by James Deardon Holmes (1873-1937), showing the backfilled entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1925, see TAA ii.6.65-70. Each of these photographs represents one-half of a miniature stereoscopic image.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the production date of the postcard is not known, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Members of the Egyptian team manoeuvring a large carrying tray out through the entrance to the modern enclosure wall constructed shortly after Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered. The team are carrying two black shrine-like boxes (Carter 37) and (Carter 38) and a gabled-roofed box (Carter 32), transporting them from the tomb's Antechamber to the Laboratory.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Two Egyptian team members carrying a white chest (Carter 50) up the rock-cup steps leading out of Tutankhamun's tomb, with Howard Carter assisting (head visible behind the left shoulder of the man at the front). This chest contained many items of Tutankhamun's wardrobe.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
(Carter 116)
Howard Carter (second from right, striding, wearing a hat with a black band) accompanying the wooden portrait figure of Tutankhamun (the so-called "mannequin"; Carter 116), which is carried by an Egyptian member of the team transporting the object to the "Laboratory" tomb (KV 15, of Sethos II) for cleaning and conservation.
Also present in the photograph is Lord Carnarvon (sitting on the wall at the far left), who watches as the group passes by. The man walking to the left of the Earl is Arthur Weigall (dark hat with a darker headband), a former Egyptian Antiquities Service Inspector now engaged as a journalist reporting on the excavation. The other Europeans present here are also journalists or tourists.
The portrait bust of Tutankhamun [Carter 116] was found in the tomb's Antechamber. The King is portrayed wearing a yellow flat-topped crown featuring the centrally positioned uraeus on the crown's temple band. The King also wears a close-fitting white garment.
The bust's purpose is unclear, but it probably displayed part of the King's regalia. A recent proposal is that it may have been originally used for supporting and storing the King's gold corset (Carter 54k) in the tomb. When thieves ransacked the tomb in antiquity, these robbers likely removed the corset from the bust before breaking the heavy regalia into smaller, portable pieces.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
(Carter 116)
An Egyptian team member carrying the wooden portrait figure of Tutankhamun, the so-called "mannequin", from the King's tomb to the nearby "Laboratory" tomb (KV 15, of Sethos II) for cleaning and conservation.
The portrait bust of Tutankhamun [Carter 116] was found in the tomb's Antechamber. The King is portrayed wearing a yellow flat-topped crown featuring the centrally positioned uraeus on the crown's temple band. The King also wears a close-fitting white garment.
The bust's purpose is unclear, but it probably displayed part of the King's regalia. A recent proposal is that it may have been originally used for supporting and storing the King's gold corset (Carter 54k) in the tomb. When thieves ransacked the tomb in antiquity, these robbers likely removed the corset from the bust before breaking the heavy regalia into smaller, portable pieces.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Four Egyptian members of the excavation team carrying trays of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb, escorted by Arthur Callendar (on left, wearing a pith helmet) and armed guards. The men at the front transport a wheel from one of the King's chariots, followed by two men, each carrying a tray containing smaller items, including a reed basket or tray (Carter 119) with partitions.
Twelve photographs, all black and white, of various objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. All made by the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Perhaps created in the 1940s or 1950s.
Complete set of three volumes of Howard Carter's popular account of the discovery and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb, all first editions, no dust jackets:
Carter, Howard and Mace, A. C. 1923. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen Volume 1 [discovery, Antechamber and opening of the Burial chamber]
Carter, Howard 1927. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen Volume 2 [Burial chamber, opening the sarcophagus, the state chariots, opening of the three coffins and examination of Tutankhamun's mummy]
Carter, Howard 1933. The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen Volume 3 [Treasury and Annexe]
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