The Tomb of Tutankhamun
The Ancients
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The Significance of the Tomb and the Excavation for Archaeology
Howard Carter is really setting the standards. He's showing people how to do this and it's going to be followed by people for generations after. You know, there are a lot of things that can be said about Carter, negative things about his personality, whatever. But nobody faults his excavation techniques. He's really doing things carefully and he wants to get it right. So it's meticulous, careful, as recording and preserving. It's something we're all indebted to Carter for.
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