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    The document is a 1927 book by Howard Carter titled "The Tomb of Tutankhamen Vol II" that describes in detail the excavation of King Tutankhamun's intact burial chamber, which was uncovered in 1922. It records the work of removing the four shrines protecting the tomb, discovering the king's quartz sarcophagus, and extracting his three nested coffins - including the innermost of solid gold - to finally examine his mummified and bejeweled remains.

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    The document is a 1927 book by Howard Carter titled "The Tomb of Tutankhamen Vol II" that describes in detail the excavation of King Tutankhamun's intact burial chamber, which was uncovered in 1922. It records the work of removing the four shrines protecting the tomb, discovering the king's quartz sarcophagus, and extracting his three nested coffins - including the innermost of solid gold - to finally examine his mummified and bejeweled remains.

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    The Tomb of Tutankhamen Vol II: Carter's Detailed 1927 Account

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    The Tomb of Tutankhamen Vol II

    BOOK
    1927

    By Howard Carter
    BOOKS Norah Perkins, +44 (0) 20 7393 4254, norah.perkins@curtisbrown.co.uk

    The tomb of Tutankhamun (Tut.ankh.Amen), uncovered by the fifth Earl of Carnarvon and Howard
    Carter in November 1922, was one of the greatest archaeological finds the world has ever seen.

    Though superficially plundered by thieves in antiquity, the burial proper remained intact, still
    surrounded by a mass of funerary equipment arranged in three peripheral chambers. The Tomb of
    Tut.ankh.Amen: The Burial Chamber was originally published in 1927 as the second volume of
    Carter's trilogy. It records, in detail, the work of the second and third seasons at the tomb: the
    opening of the four protective shrines; the discovery within of Tutankhamun's quartz-sandstone
    sarcophagus; the extraction of the king's three anthropoid coffins (the innermost of solid gold) and
    the final examination of the pharoah's splendidly bejewelled mummy.

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