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• CD containing photographs taken during the opening ceremony of the visitor's centre at Castle Carter II in November 2009.
• Includes views of Castle Carter and the exhibition displays using facsimiles of TAA Archive material, from the Griffith Institute.

Photocopies of:

• Family papers relating to the donation of Howard Carter's papers to Oxford University.
• Antiquities returned to Egypt following Howard Carter's death.
• Objects presented to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
• Family portraits: Samuel Carter (Howard Carter's father); Howard Carter; Amy Walker (née Carter, Howard Carter's sister); and Phyllis Walker (Howard Carter's niece).

Two copies of the Evening Standard, 3 June 1972, souvenir issue, Tutankhamun. Features the Tutankhamun exhibition at the British Museum and Harry Burton photographs.

• Cigarette card (2 copies) issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Treasure Trove: A Series of 50' (1937).
• No. 26: 'The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen: The First Inspection'.
• Artist's impression of Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and Lady Evely exploring the Antechamber of Tutankhamun's tomb, showing the objects in situ against the west wall.

• Cigarette card (2 copies) issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Treasure Trove: A Series of 50' (1937).
• No. 27: 'The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen: Interior of Antechamber'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0007.
• View of the north half of the Antechamber showing objects in situ with the guardian statues on either side of the intact doorway to the Burial chamber.

• Cigarette card (2 copies) issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Treasure Trove: A Series of 50' (1937).
• No. 28: 'The Gold Coffin of Tut-Ankh-Amen'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0770.
• Howard Carter and an Egyptian team member examine the lid of Tutankhamun's innermost coffin (255). This coffin was made of solid gold, with incised decoration inlaid with coloured glass and semi-precious stones.

• Cigarette card issued by Wills's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Wonders of the Past: A Series of 50' (1926).
• No. 11: 'Statue of Tutankhamen'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0321.
• View of the guardian statue (22) of Tutankhamun, still wrapped in the remains of a linen shawl. The statue was found in the King's Antechamber, on the right side of the intact doorway leading to the Burial chamber.

• Cigarette card issued by Wills's Cigarettes from the set titled: 'Wonders of the Past: A Series of 50' (1926).
• No. 12: 'Treasure from Tutankhamen's Tomb'.
• Painted version based on Harry Burton photograph P0166.
• View of one of the hippopotamus heads from the couch (137) of Tutankhamun, found in the Antechamber of the King's tomb.

• Cigarette card issued by Churchman's Cigarettes from the set titled 'World Wonders: Old and New: A Series of 50' (c. 1955).
• No. 11: 'Tutankhamen’s Tomb, Egypt'.
• Painted version based on an unidentified media photograph. The original photograph was taken on 27 December 1922.
• View of Howard Carter (lighter coloured hat with black band) watching Arthur Mace (dark hat) and an Egyptian colleague transporting Tutankhamun's painted box from the King's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (KV15, tomb of Sethos II).

• Confectionery card issued by Barratt & Co. Ltd, London from the set titled 'Wonders of the World: A Series of 50' (1962).
• No. 33: ‘Statue of Tutankhamen’.
• Painted version based on a Harry Burton photograph, probably Burton p0320 or p0321.
• Upper part of one of the so-called 'sentinel' or 'guardian' statues of Tutankhamun (Carter 22), in situ in the antechamber of the king's tomb, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

• 'Discovering TutAnkhAmun' exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 24 July – 2 November 2014.
• Featuring material from the Tutankhamun Archive in the Griffith Institute.
• Display materials and merchandising products from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
  1. Display case labels - 19 acrylic + 1 cardboard, mounted on wood.
  2. Textile banner featuring Burton photograph P0293.
  3. Display case board, a page from the Illustrated London News - 1920s jewellery featuring ancient Egyptian influenced designs.
  4. Two acrylic reproductions of glass plate negatives featuring Burton photographs P0009 and P1689.
  5. One set of exhibition gallery guides (handheld labels).
  6. Flip-boards from the ‘interactive’ display, featuring modern photographs.
  7. Two large display panels with Burton photographs P1588 and P1689.
  8. Three banners, displayed on the Blake Portico and Atrium.
  9. Folder of ephemera.
  10. Selection of merchandising products, including postcards, magnets, reproduction posters, notebooks, a watch, etc.

'Discovering TutAnkhAmun in 3D: Stereoscopic Installation Photographs of the Ashmolean Exhibition, 24 July – 2 November 2014'.

1. Two enclosures with 43 stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute) each
2. One enclosure with 36 hand-mounted stereoscopic images of the exhibition + 11 hand-mounted extra images (Ashmolean Museum objects and Griffith Institute).
3. 5 loose stereoscopic images of the exhibition (3 of which hand-mounted).
4. CD with all digital files.

Three copies of the same poster for the Semmel Concerts' exhibition 'Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures', Manchester, Museum of Museums / The Trafford Centre, 22 October 2010 - 27 February 2011.

• Copy of Davies, Nina M. and Gardiner, Alan H. 1962. Tutankhamun’s painted box: reproduced in colour from the original in the Cairo Museum. Artwork by Nina M. Davies, with explanatory text by Alan H. Gardiner, published by Oxford University Press for Griffith Institute, Oxford [OEB 8995].
• A group of duplicate plates (see below).

• 35mm black and white transparencies, made from the drawings on the original set of object cards (TAA i.1.1-620).
• Photographs made from these transparencies were affixed to the duplicate set of object cards to complete the information, see TAA iii.1.1-620.

• London Underground advertisement produced in the 1970s.
• Daltons Weekly, for property, and no mistake: ‘Yes, it is odd living in the tomb of Tutenkhamen… but we thought the agent said a room in Tooting Common…’

• Photographic prints:
  1. 'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
  2. 'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
  3. 'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.

Newspaper and magazine cuttings, mainly from the contemporary press, including The New York Times and The Illustrated London News, related to the finding and excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Set of 5 brass printing plates.
• Used for the production of Fox, Penelope 1951. Tutankhamun’s Treasure London: Oxford University Press [OEB 2854]
  • plate 28
  • plate 30
  • plate 48 B [left]
  • plate 48 C [upper & lower]
  • plate 49 A [left]

• "Tutoom - Journey to the treasures of the Pharaoh" board game.
• Produced by All-Fair Inc., Rochester NY, in 1923.
• Board measures 44.6 by 43.7 cm.
• Accompanied by two boxed sets each containing 4 metal playing counters and two dice.
• Children's game, for 2-4 players, roll and move.

Two copies of The Times, 29 March 1972, p. i-iv, 'Tutankhamun', on the success of the Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

A collection of printed media (UK local newspapers) relating to the 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition held at the British Museum, London.

A collection of postal stamps featuring objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun, mostly commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tomb's discovery in 1972.
Includes six first-day covers, one issued in Egypt and five issued by UK institutions.

Puzzles and games linked to the discovery, excavation and clearance of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Wood puzzle comprising four coloured blocks, which when correctly assembled form a pyramid shape.
• Produced by Imperial Manufacturers, Chicago.

• "Tut" boxed game containing:
  • 1 wood three-tiered tower
  • 28 counters: 4 squidgers (1 of each: blue, red, white, yellow) and 24 winks (5 blue, 6 red, 7 white, 6 yellow)
  • Printed instruction sheet

Tutankhamun-related memorabilia.

• Cigarette tin.
• Produced by "Nestor Gianaclis, Grande Manufacture de Cigarettes Egyptiennes".
• Branded "Toutankhamon".
• Transfer(?) print decoration, with ancient Egyptian motifs including a scene of Anubis kneeling before the king.
• Probably manufactured in the 1920s.

• Pendant-brooch (can be worn as either).
• Costume jewellery, goldtone metal, oval, with stamped (embossed) design.
• Design: two 'guardian statues' [Carter 22], Tutankhamun's cartouches, and winged scarabs.
• Produced by "Miracle" (branded on the underside).
• Date uncertain but certainly manufactured post-1946.