Howard Carter Quotes

Saurav SinghFebruary 24, 2024Last Updated: March 4, 2024
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Howard Carter Quotes
Howard Carter Quotes

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist best known for discovering the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922. Carter was born on 9 May 1874, in Kensington, London. His father Samuel Carter was a successful artist. Howard was a sickly child and was sent to live with his aunts in Norfolk. He had private homeschooling and had an artistic streak from an early age.

Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway.
Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.
It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
Though I was satisfied that I was on the verge of perhaps a magnificent find, probably one of the missing tombs that I had been seeking for many years, I was much puzzled by the smallness of the opening in comparison with those of other royal tombs in the valley.
Let me ever love Thyself more than Thy service.

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Saurav SinghFebruary 24, 2024Last Updated: March 4, 2024
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Saurav Singh

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