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Tutankhamun, the Untold Story

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: USA Simon and Schuster 1978Description: 384+16 ill. (some col.) 24 cmISBN:
  • 0671243055
  • 9780671243050
Patent information: 1978Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Tutankhamun, the untold story.; Online version:: Tutankhamun, the untold story.LOC classification:
  • DT87.5 .H68 1978
Contents:
Dramatis personae -- The Stage : the Valley of the Kings -- Forty kings and the thieves from Kurna -- First clues of Tutankhamun -- The First years of search -- Deep doubts -- The "Tomb of the golden bird" -- "Wonderful things" -- The Long night -- Revelations -- The Limelight -- "Discovery colossal and need every assistance" -- The Affair of the three princesses -- The Metropolitan Museum makes a coup -- "Tutankhamun Ltd." -- A "Renegade" speaks out -- "Strong bull, beautiful of birth -- Carnarvon returns to the tomb -- The Sealed doorway -- The Queen's visit -- Closing down the tomb -- Sudden tragedy -- The Curse -- The Season ends -- Collision course -- The Bastion of bureaucracy -- Dismantling the shrines -- The "Public domain" -- Strike! -- "Bandits!" -- A "Malignant influence" -- " Much Kalaam" -- Carter in America -- Surrender -- The Secret division.
Summary: Recounts the events and the people involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922
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Book Central Papal Library Private | Donated Collection Pri | G642 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 66922

Includes index

Dramatis personae -- The Stage : the Valley of the Kings -- Forty kings and the thieves from Kurna -- First clues of Tutankhamun -- The First years of search -- Deep doubts -- The "Tomb of the golden bird" -- "Wonderful things" -- The Long night -- Revelations -- The Limelight -- "Discovery colossal and need every assistance" -- The Affair of the three princesses -- The Metropolitan Museum makes a coup -- "Tutankhamun Ltd." -- A "Renegade" speaks out -- "Strong bull, beautiful of birth -- Carnarvon returns to the tomb -- The Sealed doorway -- The Queen's visit -- Closing down the tomb -- Sudden tragedy -- The Curse -- The Season ends -- Collision course -- The Bastion of bureaucracy -- Dismantling the shrines -- The "Public domain" -- Strike! -- "Bandits!" -- A "Malignant influence" -- " Much Kalaam" -- Carter in America -- Surrender -- The Secret division.

Recounts the events and the people involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922

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