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Carter did much work in Egypt, starting in 1891 at the age of 17. There he worked on the excavation of Basi Hassan, the gravesite of the princes of Middle Egypt , c. 2000 BC. Later he was to come under the tutelage of William Flinders Petrie.
In 1899 he was offered a position working for the Egyptian Antiquities service from which he resigned as a result of a dispute in 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier.
After several hard years, Carter was introduced, in 1907Events January events January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000 January 23 Charles Curtis, to Lord Carnarvon ( George Herbert, 5th Earl of CarnarvonGeorge Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon ( June 26, 1866 April 5, 1923), usually referred to simply as Lord Carnarvon was the English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutank), an eager amateur who was prepared to supply the funds necessary for Carter's work to continue. Soon, Carter was supervising all Lord Carnarvon's excavationSouthwark, London by the Museum of London Excavation is the best-known and most commonly used technique within the science of archaeology. Individual excavations are normally referred to simply as "digs" by those who participate, this being an over-literas.
Lord Carnarvon financed Carter's search for the tomb of a previously unknown PharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E, Tutankhamun, whose existence Carter had discovered. On November 4November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. Events 1576 Eighty Years' War: In Belgium, Spain captures Antwerp (after three days the city was nearly destroyed). 1612 Moscow China Town tak, 1922Events January 7 Dali Eireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64-57 votes. January 10 Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dail Eireann January 11 First successful insulin treatment of diabetes. January 12 British government releases Irish prisoners Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb, the only unplundered tomb of a Pharaoh yet found in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt. On February 16, 1923 Carter opened the burial chamber and first saw the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun.
After cataloguing the extensive finds, Carter retired from archaeology and became a collector. Carter died in England in 1939 at the age of 65. The archaeologist's death at this advanced age is the most common piece of evidence put forward by skeptics to refute the idea of a curse plaguing the party that violated Tutankhamun's tomb.
Howard Carter is buried in Putney Vale Cemetery in west London, England.
T.G.H James, Howard Carter - the Path to Tutankhamun, London: Tauris Parke, 2001.
Reeves, N. and Taylor, J.H., Howard Carter: Before Tutankhamun, London: British Museum Press, 1992.
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