Word: tutankhamen
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Egypt. Work in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor proceeded with painstaking slowness incomprehensible to the layman who would prefer to tear the secrets of the ages from TutankhAmen's breast in a day. Howard Carter and his staff have removed large quantities of highly decorated treasures, many of which are on exhibition in Cairo. Aided by 10,000 candlepower lights in the tomb, telephones and all the paraphernalia of civilization and modern archeological science, they are patiently removing and restoring the canopies and accessories surrounding the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh. But the casket itself will probably...
Married. Almina, Dowager Countess of Carnarvon, widow of the late Earl of Carnarvon who discovered TutankhAmen's tomb, to Lieutenant Colonel Ian Dennistoun, 44, in London. The Countess, "La Petite Marquise," is considered one of England's best-dressed women...
Egypt. Howard Carter, of the Metropolitan Museum staff, co-discoverer with the late Lord Carnarvon of the tomb of TutankhAmen, resumed exploration Oct. 1 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor. Less than one-fourth of the relics in the tomb have been taken out. The program for this season contemplates the removal of the canopies and shrine surrounding the sarcophagus, and the opening of the coffin itself, which is expected to reveal the mummy in all his regal robes and jewels. The body will not be removed from its ancestral shrine, but will be examined " to satisfy the claims...
Married. Lady Evelyn Herbert, daughter of the late Lord Carnarvon, discoverer of the tomb of TutankhAmen, to Brograve Beauchamp, at St. Margaret's, Westminster...
Died. Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert, one-time diplomat, half-brother of the late Earl of Carnarvon, in London, following an operation. When the tomb of TutankhAmen was opened he is said to have exclaimed: " Something dreadful will surely happen in our family...