The Legacy of Tutankhamun
The Ancients
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The Importance of Photography in Telling the Story of Tutankhamun
I think it's kind of testament to the amount of focus that there has been on Tutankhamun so far this year. There are so many different avenues with which you can tell the story but I guess also retain a unique insight into telling the story too. Sure as you said quite rightly photography played an incredibly important role in the publication the dissemination of the discovery those absolutely iconic images by Harry Burton photographer who worked with Howard Carter. That highly stylized form of photography with lots of kind of sleight of hand involved to convey this sense of this pristine untouched burial.
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