153f: The Tomb of Tutankhamun (Part 6, Final)

The Annexe and End of Excavation. Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in November 1922. He would continue labouring in the monument until 1927, and the final conservation of objects would finish in 1932. Over these ten years of work, Carter tackled many challenges, some of which proved insurmountable. In the end, his labour, and the story of Tutankhamun's burial, stand as a testament to human effort and long legacies. Episode Chapters:

Chapter 15: The Scouring of the Tomb 00:00:15

Chapter 16: The End of Excavations 00:31:50

Series Conclusion: 00:52:30

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For the full archive of Harry Burton’s photographs, showing the tomb of Tutankhamun in its original state, see the Griffith Institute website.

Date: 1922 CE - 1932 CE.

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Select Bibliography:

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H. Carter, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, III (2000 Reprint edn, London, 1933).

H. Carter, The Tomb of Tutankhamen (Century edn, London, 1983).

J. Černý, Hieratic Inscriptions from the Tomb of Tut’ankhamūn (Oxford, 1965).

M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).

Z. Hawass, Discovering Tutankhamun: From Howard Carter to DNA (Cairo, 2013).

Z. Hawass and S. Vannini, Tutankhamun: The Treasures of the Tomb (London, 2018).

T. Hoving, Tutankhamun: The Untold Story (New York, 1978).

T. G. H. James, Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun (Tauris 2001 edn, New York, 1992).

N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).

N. Reeves and J. H. Taylor, Howard Carter Before Tutankhamun (London, 1992).

The Griffith Institute, ‘Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation’, The Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/discoveringTut/.

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