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Carter MSS i.J.389
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- 1915 (Produção)
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American Egyptologist. Born, Washington DC 1884. Died, Venice Florida 1950. Excavated extensively in Egypt for the New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, between 1906 and 1931, working at Lisht, Kharga Oasis, Thebes and other sites. Director of the Metropolitan's Egyptian Expedition, 1928-1932. Curator, Egyptian Department of the Metropolitan, 1929-1939. Director of the Metropolitan Museum, 1932-1939.
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British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, and as a draughtsman to the Deir el-Bahri expedition 1893-9. Appointed Chief Inspector of Antiquities of Upper Egypt 1899-1904. Discovered several royal tombs, including those of Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis IV and Amenophis I. Inspector of Lower Egypt 1905. Employed by Lord Carnarvon from 1909 onwards, to excavate in the Theban necropolis, the Delta and Middle Egypt. His most famous discovery, that of the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, was made in 1922. He spent the next ten years recording the tomb's contents. Most of Carter's records for Tutankhamun's tomb remain unpublished.
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This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1955.
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Howard Carter's records for objects found in the Valley during earlier excavations, now in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Typewritten letter from H. E. Winlock to Carter, dated 25 June 1915, in response to Carter's request for a list of objects from the Valley of the Kings, now in the Metropolitan Museum
- 13 pages, typewritten list of finds from the Valley of the Kings, now in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, with descriptions, some transcriptions, drawings, museum numbers, and bibliography.
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.