Discovering Tutankhamun : from Howard Carter to the Golden City /

Discovering Tutankhamun : from Howard Carter to the Golden City /

"Penned by one of the world's best known Egyptologists, former Egyptian minister of state for antiquities Zahi Hawass, who was personally involved in research into the enigmatic young pharaoh, this revised and updated edition of Discovering Tutankhamun reviews the current state of our know...

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Main Author: Hawass, Zahi A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)

Other Authors: Gabolde, Marc (writer of foreword)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo ; New York : AUC Press : Semmel Exhibitions, 2025.

Edition: Revised edition.

Subjects:

Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt
Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt > Tomb
Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt > Family
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Valley of the Kings
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Antiquities

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Call Number: DT87.5 .H3756 2025

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Marc Gabolde
  • Centennial of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun
  • Ancient Egypt : a timeline
  • The golden age of Egypt : the Eighteenth Dynasty
  • Religion and afterlife
  • Robbers in the Valley of the Kings
  • The tomb and its treasures
  • Tutankhamun's mummy
  • DNA, CT scans, and x-ray tests
  • The discovery of the family of Tutankhamun
  • From Howard Carter to the Golden City
  • The curse of Tutankhamun
  • Tutmania
  • Conclusion
  • Protecting the Valley of the Kings.