TAA iv.03.05

Caption
Account of the opening of the burial chamber of Tutankhamun, page 5.
Creator
Date of creation
3 March 1923
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
20.5 x 12.8 cm (h x w)
Notes

Several people are mentioned on this page, including: Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon, Pierre Lacau, Lady Evelyn Beauchamp, and Sir William Garstin.

 

Transcription

THE UPPER EGYPT HOTELS Co              CATARACT HOTEL

ASSOUAN

CATARACT HOTEL

SAVOY HOTEL

GRAND HOTEL

LUXOR

LUXOR WINTER PALACE

LUXOR HOTEL

KARNAK HOTEL

wooden erection over the coffin,

there being only a space of about 

eighteen inches all round it. 

At one point we had to stop work 

to collect the scattered beads from a 

necklace dropped by plunderers.

          When the hole was wide enough Carter 

had a good look in, & found we could 

just get round the right side of the 

tabernacle and walk along. He reported 

the outer door of the tabernacle was open, 

but that there was a second smaller 

one inside with the door still sealed,

and that there was another chamber 

opening off to the right. We then 

passed in our big travelling electric 

light, & Carnarvon & Lacau went in 

to see. Then Lady Evelyn – the only 

woman present, with Sir William Garstin, 

and then the others two by two. It was 

curious to watch them come out. With