Egypt
Carter painting found in Mid Wales
http://tinyurl.com/qfzp4 (icWales)
"A painting by famous Egyptologist Howard Carter is to be valued after it turned up at a charity antiques event in Mid Wales. The gouache by Carter (1874-1939), who famously discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, is of Queen Senseneb. Signed by Carter and dated 1897, it was discovered at Halls Fine Art’s version of the Antiques Roadshow, in Barmouth."
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Carter's Souvenirs To Come Home
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Artefacts from Tutankhamun's tomb formerly in the private collections of Howard Carter and Lord Caernarvon have returned to Egypt after nearly nine decades, reports Nevine El-Aref It seems that the spell of the Golden...
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General News: The Legacy Of Howard Carter
Free Internet Press Howard Carter, the British explorer who opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, will forever be associated with the greatest trove of artifacts from ancient Egypt. But was he also a thief? Dawn was breaking as Howard Carter took up...
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Tutankhaman Tomb Family's Museum Gift
Watton and Swaffham Times A Norfolk museum has received a gift of paintings linked to the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.They are the work of relations of the Egyptologist Howard Carter who grew up in Swaffham. The four pictures...
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£13,000 Paid For Howard Carter Painting
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/4762859.stm"A painting of an Egyptian queen by Howard Carter, the man who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, has sold at auction for £13,000. The watercolour was left to owner Barbara Rampton 15 years ago...
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Nov 4th 1922 - Discovery Of Tomb Of Tutankhamun
http://tinyurl.com/8fpurToday is the anniversary of the discovery of the entrance to the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun: "The entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings where the English archaeologist Howard...
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