Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor in Egypt in November 1922. Carter on the left with Arthur Callender and two Egyptian workers. Scanned from image material in the archive of Press Portrait Service (formerly Press Portrait Bureau)

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3601 x 2892 px | 30.5 x 24.5 cm | 12 x 9.6 inches | 300dpi

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1922

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One of the greatest Egyptian archeological finds was the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun by Howard Carter in 1922. The expedition was mainly funded by Lord Carnarvon

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