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Article: Tutan-conmen?; The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and its dazzling treasures has become legendary. It made heroes of British archaeologist Howard Carter and his boss Lord Carnarvon. But a controversial new book claims the two men actually unearthed the tomb eight years before they made it public-- and systematically stripped it of priceless objects.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2001
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Byline: CHRISTOPHER HUDSON
FROM an Aladdin's Cave of treasures to the Curse of the Pharaohs, it is a story of gold and death so dramatic and awe-inspiring that it has captured the imagination of every successive generation since King Tutankhamun's tomb was first uncovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in November 1922.
Nobody who has heard it ever forgets the description of that scene.
The rubble-filled passage leading to the sealed doorway has been cleared. As Lord Carnarvon watches, his daughter Evelyn beside him, the archaeologist Howard Carter, with trembling hands, makes a small hole in the doorway and discovers an empty space behind.
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