Two Egyptian team members transport a tray of objects from Tutankhamun's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (tomb KV15, Sethos II). The objects include two stools (78 and 81), a wig-box (79), and other small items (not identifiable).
Lord Carnarvon accompanies Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians (wearing white) during a tour of Tutankhamun's tomb. Also present are Lord Carnarvon's daughter, Lady Evelyn, and Egyptian officials.
View of activity around the entrance and stairs of Tutankhamun's tomb. Howard Carter (seated) watching Arthur Callender and three Egyptian team members manoeuvre a chariot body (121) out of the tomb.
The original photograph was probably taken by Lord Carnarvon in mid-February 1923.
Lunch in the Valley of the Kings (KV4, Ramesses IV). From left to right, an unidentified person, Harry Burton, Alfred Lucas, Arthur Callender, Arthur Mace, Howard Carter, and another unidentified person.
From a sequence of photographs showing the same event.
The original photograph was probably taken by Lord Carnarvon in mid-February 1923.
Lunch in the Valley of the Kings (KV4, Ramesses IV). From left to right, James Henry Breasted, Harry Burton, Alfred Lucas, Arthur Callender, Arthur Mace, Howard Carter, and Alan Gardiner.
From a sequence of photographs showing the same event.
Taken at the same time as Burton photograph P1544.
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.
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.
An Egyptian team member carrying a tray containing the four 'candlesticks' (Carter 41a-d), transporting them from the tomb's Antechamber to the Laboratory. Each 'candlestick' is in the form of an anthropomorphic ankh with arms raised to either hold a bronze torch-cup or a small pottery cup.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
Egyptian team members transporting one of Tutankhamun's elaborate vessels (Carter 57) from the King's tomb to the nearby 'Laboratory' set up in the tomb of King Sethos II (KV15). The large vessel, carved from a single piece of Egyptian alabaster, originally contained unguent, its contents stolen by the tomb robbers who entered the tomb in antiquity. The vessel's body is flanked by openwork side pieces incorporating bound papyrus and lotus flowers, symbolising Upper and Lower Egypt and its unification, as well as representing the King's sovereignty. The vessel's body is decorated with Tutankhamun's cartouches; the incised decoration has been filled with black pigment.
The photograph was probably taken in early 1923; the postcard's production date is unknown, but it was almost certainly in the 1920s.
View of the modern enclosure wall of Tutankhamun's tomb, erected by Howard Carter following the discovery of the King's tomb in November 1922, with the tomb's entrance visible in the foreground (left of centre).
Letters and documents relating to Howard Carter's dispute with the Egyptian Government after the European team members' wives were barred from entering the tomb to view the contents of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus after the lid had been lifted (12 February 1924).
The dispute on the following day, 13 February 1924, eventually resulted in Howard Carter and the rest of the team being locked out of the tomb until 13 January 1925.
Includes correspondence between Sir Alan Gardiner and the Foreign Office, Egyptologists and others in 1924.
Referred to as the "Carter Affair" or "Tutankhamun Affair".
Complete set of typescript copies transcribed from the original Tutankhamun object cards, with affixed photographs of the drawings on the cards, again made from the original set, see TAA i.1.1-620.
Set of modern photographic prints made from Harry Burton's original set of small glass negatives (TAA.i.5A), made after the original negatives were conserved.
