    
Title: Howard Carter Description: British explorer, archaeologist, and Egyptologist Howard Carter (May 9, 1874-March 2, 1939), photographed in 1923 studying the mummy of King Tut, the Egyptian boy Pharaoh King Tutankhamen whose tomb he had discovered in 1922 and excavated; inscription on tomb read, ominously: "Death shall come on swift wings to who touched the tomb of the Pharaohs," interpreted by many as being a curse, "The curse of the Pharaohs," but if so, it did not affect Carter who died many years after touching the tomb; Keywords: British explorers, Egypt, Egyptologists, King Tut, 1930s, Great Depression, Pharaohs, tombs, tomb of the Pharaohs. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1649 (3.46 MPixels) (1.27) Print Size: 17.8 x 14.0 cm; 7.0 x 5.5 inches File Size: 9.92 MB (10,402,118 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000096252 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
