History in Colour
Colourised photographs that bring the past to life
HOWARD CARTER, 1923
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Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the door to the second of four gilded shrines surrounding Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. The Egyptian Pharaoh’s tomb was almost completely intact and took eight years to empty. Situated in the Valley of the Kings, it remains one of the most important archaeological discoveries.
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