Sujet
Lord Carnavon's first visit to the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1922. Artist: Harry Burton
Légende
Lord Carnavon's first visit to the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, 1923. Lord Carnavon (1866-1923) and a party in a motor car. Carnarvon was archaeologist Howard Carter's financial backer in his excavations in the Valley of the Kings. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because of his association with the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten, who was Tutankhamun's father-in-law. Consequently his tomb, uniquely, had remained undisturbed by grave robbers.
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
1618
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D58_414
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,8Mo (2,4Mo) / 40,2cm x 31,6cm / 4751 x 3736 (300dpi)