Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun

James, T. G. H.

ISBN 10: 1860646158 / ISBN 13: 9781860646157

Edité par Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2001

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Synopsis :

Howard Carter's career was a remarkable one: he had arrived in Egypt as a 17-year old "tracer" with rudimentary education, and progressed to become the first Chief Inspector of Antiquities in Upper Egypt. An improbable but auspicious partnership with the 5th Earl of Carnarvon developed in which the young Carter acted as assistant and "learned man" to the aristocrat's excavations in the Theban necropolis. But it was the legendary discovery of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings and Carter's painstaking clearance of the intact royal burial that was to secure his place in history. He became an international celebrity, simultaneously honoured and vilified wherever he went, but he was also a sad, disillusioned man whose success never brought any reward of happiness. T.G.H. James biography is both the story of a renowned archaeologist and of an essentially tragic human being.

Présentation de l'éditeur: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun
Éditeur : Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Date d'édition : 2001
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : very_good