"Discovered tomb under tomb of Ramses VI. Investigated same & found seals intact."
THIS WAS the beginning of Howard Carter's excavation journal of Nov. 5, 1920. The entry ends with a copy of a cable he sent to his patron Lord Carnavon in England:
"At last have made wonderful discovery in Valley a magnificent tomb with seals intact recovered same for your arrival congratulations"
WHEN Lord Carnavon arrived in Egypt, the tomb was opened and
"It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing. We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined -- the impression was overwhelming."
KING TUTANKHAMUN'S tomb -- with most of its treasures intact -- had been discovered. Through its Web site, "Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation," Oxford's Griffith Institute has made available a complete record of Howard Carter's amazing discovery.
BESIDES 10 years of Carter's excavation diaries, there are other eyewitness accounts of the opening of the tomb, a database of all finds, photographs of the tomb as it was discovered as well as maps and plans of the tomb.
AN AMAZING find: www.ashmolean.museum/gri/4tut.html
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