TUTANKHAMEN
AND THE DISCOVERY OF HIS TOMB
BY THE LATE
EARL OF CARNARVON and
Mr HOWARD CARTER
BY
G. ELLIOT SMITH
M.A., M.D., Litt.D., F.R.S.
Professor of Anatomy in the University of London
G. ELLIOT SMITH
M.A., M.D., Litt.D., F.R.S.
Professor of Anatomy in the University of London
AUTHOR OF
“THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS,” “THE ROYAL MUMMIES,”
“THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAGON,” ETC.
“THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS,” “THE ROYAL MUMMIES,”
“THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAGON,” ETC.
With 22 Illustrations, 2 Maps,
and a Coloured Frontispiece ‘Tribute to Tutankhamen’
and a Coloured Frontispiece ‘Tribute to Tutankhamen’
LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
1923
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
1923
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH.
THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND 11 YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH.
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PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preface | 9 | |
| Bibliographical Note | 11 | |
CHAPTER | ||
I. | Introductory | 15 |
II. | Exploration of the Theban Tombs of the Kings | 24 |
III. | Tutankhamen | 35 |
IV. | The Significance of the Discovery | 44 |
| Embalming and Immortality—Early Beliefs—The Dawn of Civilization—Giving Life to the Dead—Success after Twenty Centuries—The King and Osiris. | ||
V. | The Valley of the Tombs | 65 |
| Tomb-Robbers’ Confessions—Hiding the Mummies. | ||
VI. | The Story of the Flood | 92 |
VII. | Getting to Heaven | 100 |