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(1920s) Howard Carter
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1920s Highlights
People
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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Howard Carter
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<p>(DECEMBER 31, 1923)
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<p> Work in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor proceeded with
painstaking slowness incomprehensible to the layman who would
prefer to tear the secrets of the ages from Tut-ankh-Amen's
breast in a day. Howard Carter and his staff have removed large
quantities of highly decorated treasures, many of which are on
exhibition in Cairo. Aided by 10,000 candle-power lights in the
tomb, telephones and all the paraphernalia of civilization and
modern archaeological science, they are patiently removing and
restoring the canopies and accessories surrounding the
sarcophagus of the Pharaoh. But the casket itself will probably
not be opened this year, nor will two other chambers crammed
with rare objects. It is quite probable that the tomb may be
found to contain the mummies of two Egyptian kings, for the
outer door has two cartouches. Khu-n-aten, Tut's father-in-law,
may have held the throne jointly and have been buried with him.
The chief problem of the investigators is to keep the material
reasonably intact. The golden screen is in momentary danger of
crumbling to dust. It has to be reinforced with waxed linen,
which puts a dingy gloom on the brilliance of four millenniums
ago.</p>
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