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Tutankhamun : the untold story

Title

Tutankhamun : the untold story / by Thomas Hoving.

Author

Hoving, Thomas, 1931-2009

Publication

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1978.
©1978

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Description

384 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, plans; 25 cm

Summary

Recounts the events and the people involved in the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Alternative Title

The untold story

Subject

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-376) and index.

Contents

Dramatis personae -- The Stage : the Valley of the Kings -- Forty kings and the thieves from Kurna -- First clues of Tutankhamun -- The First years of search -- Deep doubts -- The "Tomb of the golden bird" -- "Wonderful things" -- The Long night -- Revelations -- The Limelight -- "Discovery colossal and need every assistance" -- The Affair of the three princesses -- The Metropolitan Museum makes a coup -- "Tutankhamun Ltd." -- A "Renegade" speaks out -- "Strong bull, beautiful of birth -- Carnarvon returns to the tomb -- The Sealed doorway -- The Queen's visit -- Closing down the tomb -- Sudden tragedy -- The Curse -- The Season ends -- Collision course -- The Bastion of bureaucracy -- Dismantling the shrines -- The "Public domain" -- Strike! -- "Bandits!" -- A "Malignant influence" -- " Much Kalaam" -- Carter in America -- Surrender -- The Secret division.

ISBN

0671243055
9780671243050

LCCN

78017751

OCLC

ocm03965932
3965932
SCSB-8916416

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library