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English edition
Jun
2001
464 pp.
36 b/w illus.
Paperback
14X21.5 cm
$24.95
LE 100.00
ISBN
978 977 424 613 5
For sale only in the Middle East
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Howard Carter
The Path to Tutankhamun
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T.G.H. James
The definitive biography of Howard Carter, one of the most renowned archaeologists of our time
In November 1922 a momentous discovery was to change our understanding of the ancient world. Until now, however, the marvelous story of Carter’s quest for Tutankhamun and its culmination in his unearthing of the intact, treasure-filled tomb has been told without a reliable account of the man behind the discovery and the myths that have surrounded it.
Howard Carter’s career was a remarkable one: he had arrived in Egypt 30 years earlier with only rudimentary education, and progressed to become the first Chief Inspector of Antiquities in Upper Egypt. An improbable but auspicious partnership with the 5th Earl of Carnarvon developed in which the young Carter acted as assistant and ‘learned man’ to the aristocrat’s excavations in the Theban necropolis. But it was the legendary discovery in the Valley of the Kings and Carter’s painstaking clearance of the intact royal burial that was to secure his place in history. T.G.H. James’ definitive biography is the story of perhaps the most renowned archaeologist of all time and of an essentially tragic human being.
‘‘This book cannot be more highly recommended to those who love archaeology, Egyptology or maintain a fascination with Tutankhamun and his tomb. As a biography it is first-rate.’’ — Donald P. Ryan, Archaeology
‘‘. . . a serious vintage served by the most knowledgeable of wine-waiters.’’ — John Ray, Times Literary Supplement
T.G. H. James is a former curator of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum. He has published extensively on Egyptological subjects and is the author of Tutankhamun published by the AUC Press in 2000.
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