Howard Carter, Discoveries and Thefts

Carter was not just a loyal prospector. He carried with him to Britain – his native country – many priceless artefacts and treasures that surrounded the mummy of the little pharaoh.

Carter was born in London, Kensington (May 9, 1874), and became famous for his discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

Many historians accused Carter, the author of the best discovery throughout the ages, of mishandling the discovery when he made the famous “small fracture” in the north corner of the entrance to the tomb. It became visible by candlelight, where the golden relics of the tomb were seen, in addition to The archaeological treasures of ebony that have remained in place since that time.

The holdings that Carter stole were the subject of a dispute between Egypt and the heirs of the Earl of Carnavon, when the holdings were shown in Yorkshire Castle in Britain, according to the British newspaper “The Telegraph”, which prompted Zahi Hawass, who was the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, to demand their return, saying: All he obtained Carter was stolen from Egypt and accused Carter that he “had no interest in culture or antiquities, but he was just a thief.”

It is known that a large number of Carter’s team, including Lord “Earl of Carnarvon” himself, died of mysterious reasons in the years following the discovery of the tomb, and that was one of the reasons for the spread of the common “Curse of the Pharaohs”, but recent research conducted in 2002 found that the death Team members came naturally.

After Carter discovered the tomb, he decided to retire from excavation. He devoted himself to working as an agent for museums and collectors of antiques and antiquities, and he died on March 3, 1939, of lymphoma, at the age of 64 years.

But the word remains: Carter was not a scientist in the conventional sense, but he was closer to an adventurer. Luck helped him in his historical discovery, but he dealt with the holdings with the mentality of an antiquities dealer, and he is no different from those who preceded him in the search for buried treasures. The exploration tools were “dynamite.”