Howard Carter

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Howard Carter was a British archaeologist best known for discovering the nearly intact tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922.

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Howard Carter canonical 31

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instanceOf Egyptologist ⓘ
archaeologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1874-05-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Kensington, London, England ⓘ
causeOfDeath Hodgkin lymphoma ⓘ
collaboratedWith George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1939-03-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Kensington, London, England ⓘ
discovered tomb of Tutankhamun ⓘ
discoveryDate 1922-11-04 ⓘ
earlyCareer archaeological draughtsman in Egypt ⓘ
educatedAt home-schooled ⓘ
employer Egyptian Antiquities Service ⓘ
era late 19th and early 20th century archaeology ⓘ
familyName Carter ⓘ
fatherOccupation animal and portrait artist ⓘ
fieldOfWork Egyptology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
givenName Howard ⓘ
hasSignature signature of Howard Carter ⓘ
influencedBy Flinders Petrie ⓘ
knownFor discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun ⓘ
excavations in the Valley of the Kings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Howard Carter ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableEvent opening of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in 1923 ⓘ
notableWork The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen (three-volume publication) ⓘ
occupation archaeologist ⓘ
excavator ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
parent Martha Joyce Sands ⓘ
Samuel John Carter ⓘ
patron George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ⓘ
placeOfBurial Putney Vale Cemetery, London ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Lower Egypt ⓘ
Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
Luxor, Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Luxor
subjectOf numerous books and documentaries on Tutankhamun’s tomb ⓘ
workedOn KV62 (tomb of Tutankhamun) ⓘ
linked to: tomb of Tutankhamun

excavations at Amarna ⓘ
excavations at Deir el-Bahari ⓘ
linked to: Deir el-Bahri

excavations at Thebes ⓘ
workedWith Flinders Petrie ⓘ

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Carter → hasNotableBearer → Howard Carter ⓘ
Tutankhamun → tombDiscoveredBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
Flinders Petrie → influenced → Howard Carter ⓘ
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon → partnerInDiscovery → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: 5th Earl of Carnarvon
KV43 → discoveredBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
KV43 → excavatedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
Howard Carter → name → Howard Carter ⓘ
Howard → notableBearer → Howard Carter ⓘ
KV62 → discoveredBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
KV62 → excavationDirectedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
KV17 → excavationBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
Tomb of Tutankhamun → discoveredBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: tomb of Tutankhamun
Tomb of Tutankhamun → excavatedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: tomb of Tutankhamun
Wadi al-Muluk → excavatedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
Bibān el-Mulūk → excavatedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
KV20 → excavatedBy → Howard Carter ⓘ
Theodore M. Davis → collaboratedWith → Howard Carter ⓘ
Carnarvon family → linkedToPerson → Howard Carter ⓘ
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon → collaboratedWith → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: George
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon → patronOf → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: George
Howard → hasNotableBearer → Howard Carter ⓘ
Putney Vale Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Howard Carter ⓘ
subject linked to: Putney Vale Cemetery, London
Samuel John Carter → fatherOf → Howard Carter ⓘ
Samuel John Carter → child → Howard Carter ⓘ
Martha Joyce Sands → hasChild → Howard Carter ⓘ
The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen → author → Howard Carter ⓘ