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Biography of Howard Carter 1874-1939

Howard Carter 1874-1939 is in Archaeologists.

On 9th May 1874 Howard Carter was born.

Opening of Tutankhamun's Tomb

On 4th November 1922 the tomb of Tutankhamun 1341BC 1323BC was discovered by Howard Carter (age 48).

On 16th February 1923, at just after two o'clock, the seal of the Tomb of Tutankhamun 1341BC 1323BC was broken. Those present included Howard Carter (age 48), secretary to Lord Carnarvon Richard Bethel (age 40), George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl Carnarvon (age 56), his daughter Evelyn Leonora Almina Herbert (age 21), Arthur C Mace, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

1924. Unknown Photographer. Photograph of Howard Carter (age 49).

On 2nd March 1939 Howard Carter (age 64) died.