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0965809 - Three plaques of semi precious stone bought by Howard Carter for Lord Carnarvon which probably came from the Burton Davis excavations at the tomb of Amenhotep III. The gold mountings are modern. According to different authors Amenhotep III ruled 1413 BC-1377 BC, 1405 BC-1367 BC, or 1386 BC-1349 BC, following on from his father Thutmose IV. Howard Carter (1874-1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is most famous as the discoverer of KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt.
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), usually referred to simply as Lord Carnarvon, was an English aristocrat best known as the financier of the excavation of the Egyptian New Kingdom Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Valley of the Kings by John Romer, page 217.
©2003 Credit:Topham Picturepoint
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