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Archaeology | 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun tomb

In 2022 we acknowledge one the archaeology’s greatest discoveries…. discovery of Tutankhamun tomb   A timeline 1891: Howard Carter goes to Egypt as a junior artist with the Egypt Exploration Fund; he stays on and eventually is hired by Egypt’s Antiquities Service. January 8, 1905: The Saqqara affair leads to Carter’s resignation of the position as Chief Inspector for Lower Egypt. 1908: Carter is introduced to Lord Carnarvon by his old Antiquities Service boss, Gaston Maspero. 1915-1922: Carter directs excavations...