THE TOMB OF TUT-ANKH-AMEN Howard Carter EGYPT 1927 Fine in DJ RARE

Description: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL BOOKIN THE WORLD! THE TOMB OF TUT*ANKH*AMENThe Second Volume By HOWARD CARTER First Edition, in Dust Jacket. Second VolumePublished in New York by George H. Doran Company, 1927(Note: Doran published the First Volume in 1923. But Doran did not produce the Third Volume which was published in London by Cassell in 1930) Contents* Second Volume in original red cloth, titles in gold to front board and spine with golden scarab to front board; illustrated endpaperswith the royal cartouche of King Tut-ankh-Amen.* xxxv, 408 pages including complete text and four appendices.* Numerous photo plates with 153 photo illustrations including frontispiece. Condition* Faint shelf-wear to bottom edge of spine, slight edge-wear to frontispiece, otherwise a fine, bright, sharp-cornered copy, looks almost new, with very bright gold lettering and crisp off-white pages and plates; endpapers clean, inner hinges fine, no foxing, no owner signs. Rare jacket has some light rubbing, some old and new repairs to edges with tape on the inside only, else looks very good in protective acetate wrapper. DescriptionA century ago Howard Carter under the patronage of George Edward Herbert, aka Lord Carnarvon, discovered the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amen in Egypt's Valley of the Kings at Thebes on the Upper Nile. It was the greatest archaeological discovery of all time, eclipsing Schleiman's discovery of Troy. Carter was the discoverer, the Earl of Carnarvon was the guiding spirit. But the unsung hero of the Discovery was the photographer Harry Burton of the Metropolitan Museum of Art whose images grace this volume. With elegance and finesse his photos turn back time 3,000 years and capture the magnificence of the boy pharaoh's royal tomb. All of Burton's photos were exposed on large, fragile glass negatives. An empty storage tomb about fifty feet away from Tut-ankh-Amen-s tomb served as his darkroom, and there in the heat and dust he developed the pictures that astounded the world. It is an unparalleled archaeological record, and they are still being studied today for reference and for their exquisite detail. In all, Burton took more than 1400 images of which 173 are reproduced in this book. They are a monument to the glory of ancient Egypt, and to the genius of the photographer who made them. * * * With greater detail and deliberation than was possible in the first volume, Carter continues the story of Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb, describing the work of the second, third and fourth seasons in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Volume Two presents the high drama of the unveiling of Tut-ankh-Amen's sepulchral chamber, a treasure trove of unbelievable splendor, and the Discovery of the four huge Golden Shrines, the likes of which the world had never seen, set one inside the other, protecting the boy-pharaoh's sarcophagus and the secrets it contained. Carter describes the dismantling of the great Shrines and the opening of the massive quartzite Sarcophagus, at the corners of which stood the Guardian Goddesses, carved in high relief, with arms outstretched in a protective embrace, and of the awesome discovery of the Royal Golden Coffins---three of them---one of which, the innermost one, was wrought of solid gold bullion, engraved with hieroglyphics, chased and decorated with cloisonné appliques, and fitted with inlays of semiprecious stones. All three coffins were anthropoidal in shape, representing the boy-King as Osiris holding the sceptre and the flail. Next came the surprising discovery of the King's opulent Death Mask, which covered the face of his mummified body. It was made of pure gold, in the King's own image, intricately inlaid with ebony, turquoise, faience and garnets. Other chapters describe the examination of the Royal Mummy, and the Discovery of the precious jewels, amulets, and gold trinkets that appeared, one after another, as Carter unwound the linen wrappings, coming face to face with Pharaoh Tut-ankh-Amen himself. At the volume's end is a stunning suite of photo plates numbered XXXVII to LXXXVIII showing the Pharaoh's Golden Shrines, the great stone Sarcophagus, the three nesting Gold Coffins, the Gold Death Mask, the King's Royal Diadem made of gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian and sardonyx that encircled his head, and jewelry, rings, bracelets and other artifacts of pink, red and purple gold. * * * Opening this volume is the nearest thing to being present at the opening of Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb itself. Like magic you are transported to that heart-pounding moment when Carter, Carnarvon and Burton beheld the priceless treasures contained in Tut-ankh-Amen's "Eternal Home" which, miraculously survived the world's vandals, thieves and plunderers for more than 3,000 years! Payment and Shipping InfoPayment: Payment due upon purchase. Shipping: Free Priority mail in the U.S.International Shipping: Via the Global Shipping Program

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