The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian King
Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter and the
fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world
had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in antiquity, the
burial of the king lay intact with its nest of coffins and funerary
shrines, surrounded by a mass of burial equipment arranged in three
peripheral chambers.
Published in 1923, this is the first volume of Carter's trilogy,
describing the years of frustration in search of the burial site, the
triumph of its eventual discovery and the long, painstaking process of
exploring and cataloguing its treasures. Containing over 100 images from
the site itself, this volume also includes Carter's short article, 'The
Tomb of the Bird, ' which inadvertently spawned the legend of the great
curse of Tutankhamun's tomb.