Tutankhamen and the Discovery of his Tomb by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter
by Grafton Elliot Smith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smith, Grafton Elliot, 1871-1937
- Title
- Tutankhamen and the Discovery of His Tomb by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Mr. Howard Carter
- Credits
- Produced by MFR, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Tombs -- Egypt
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 59783
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59783
- Release Date
- January 28, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.TUTANKHAMEN AND THE DISCOVERY OF HIS TOMB BY THE LATE EARL OF CARNARVON and Mr HOWARD CARTER
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 7.CHAPTER II EXPLORATION OF THE THEBAN TOMBS OF THE KINGS
- 8.CHAPTER III TUTANKHAMEN
- 9.CHAPTER IV THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISCOVERY — Embalming and Immortality — Early Beliefs — The Dawn of Civilization — Giving Life to the Dead — Success after Twenty Centuries — The King and Osiris
- 10.CHAPTER V THE VALLEY OF THE TOMBS — Tomb-robbers’ Confessions — Hiding the Mummies
- 11.CHAPTER VI THE STORY OF THE FLOOD
- 12.CHAPTER VII GETTING TO HEAVEN
- 13.CHAPTER VIII THE ETHICS OF DESECRATION
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