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Lord and Pharaoh : Carnarvon and the search for Tutankhamun /

Both born to power and wealth, and raised by courtiers, they lived lives of aristocrats and landowners, in poor health and with uncertain futures. Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon share many parallels, not the least of whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fagan, Brian M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]
Subjects:
Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt.
Tutankhamen, > King of Egypt > Tomb.
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, > Earl of, > 1866-1923.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Valley of the Kings.
Valley of the Kings (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Egyptologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • A valley of Pharaohs
  • "Everything there except a grand piano"
  • "Effective for Aten"
  • A gambler with enthusiasms
  • Tutankhamun the justified
  • "The records of the past are not ours to play with"
  • Restorer of Amun
  • The search narrows
  • Death of a Pharaoh
  • "I have got Tutankhamun"
  • Aftermath
  • "Let me tell you a tale": a chapter for archaeologists
  • Appendix A: a chronological framework of ancient Egypt
  • Appendix B: a short guide to the pharaohs of the XVIII to the XX dynasties mentioned in the narrative
  • Further reading
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the author.