The Complete Tutankhamun

A fully updated and revised edition of a classic bestseller: the definitive guide to Tutankhamun and his tomb - what it contained, why, and what it means today. On 4 November 1922, Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter's long search in Egypt's Valley of the Kings drew to a triumphant close: Tutankhamun's tomb had been found. As news of the discovery spread, and as images of the breathtaking treasures began to circulate, this once-obscure pharaoh would capture the imagination of the entire world. A hundred years on, and both the fascination and the drama continue. Scientific research has pushed forw ard, and the results have been impressive: the tomb's ground-plan and setting are now fully remapped, CT-scanning and aDNA have begun to shed their unique light on Tutankhamun in life and in death, super-accurate recordings have been secured of the Burial Chamber's decorated walls, and we possess at last high-quality photography of Pharaoh's possessions. Our access to Carnarvon and Carter's...