Griffith Institute Archive

Thebes: Excavation records and notes

Extract from Howard Carter's excavation journal, part of the entry for 26 November 1922: "There was naturally short suspense for those you could not see. When Lord Carnarvon said to me 'Can you see anything', I replied to him Yes it is wonderful."

Journal: 1922-1925 (1st to 3rd seasons)

Journal: 1925-1926 (4th season)

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

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

Boats: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Figures of king, gods and standards: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Gold: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Mummy, objects found on: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Howard Carter's drawing of a necropolis seal impression from Tutankhamun's tomb.
TAA Archive i.3.22.20 (detail).

Seal impressions: Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Sepulchral shrines - first (outermost) shrine (207): Tutankhamun excavation documentation - Carter's notes for planned publication

Miscellaneous notes

Letters written to Howard Carter following the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb

Guardian statue (22), cigarette card

Hippopotamus head from couch (137), cigarette card

Royal Mail, Special Stamp collection: "Tutankhamun"

Postcards, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Tutankhamun Archive

Thebes. Dra Abu el-Naga with El-Taraf: sketch general map

Thebes. Valley of the Kings: objects from the Valley now in Metropolitan Museum, correspondence and list

Howard Carter The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, publication

Howard Carter The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen, publication

Howard Carter examining the innermost coffin, cigarette card

Transporting the painted box (21), cigarette card

First Day Covers, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Stamps, Royal Mail: "Tutankhamun"

Glass: notebook with notes on glass and draft of proposed article Not Tutankhamun

Glass: notebook with notes on glass and draft of proposed article Not Tutankhamun

Notebook: Carter's notes on hieroglyphic inscriptions - Not Tutankhamun

Notebook: Carter's notes on hieroglyphic inscriptions - Not Tutankhamun

Notes: Annexe objects, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen iii, deterioration and chemical change in tomb

Notes: Annexe objects, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen iii, deterioration and chemical change in tomb

Journal: object inventory, 1922-1929

Cover of Howard Carter's 1922 appointment diary containing the first mention of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Howard Carter's diary for 1922

Howard Carter's diary for 1923