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Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
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Howard Carter
British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)
Howard Carter was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866–1923)
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon,, styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Ancient Egyptian tomb
The tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is located in the Valley of the Kings. The tomb, also known by its tomb number KV62, consists of four chambers and an entrance staircase and corridor. It is smaller and less extensively decorated than…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 26
Day of the year
November 26 is the 330th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 35 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)