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Plan of antechamber in ink

Carter MSS i.G.12

Preliminary draft plan for part of the Antechamber recording the couches (lion, cow and hippopotamus) with objects found on top of them, in situ along the West wall, with their assigned numbers.
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
drawing on paper

Carter MSS i.G.34

Draft plan for the north-west corner of the Burial chamber recording objects in situ with their assigned numbers
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
drawing on paper

Carter MSS i.G.21

Preliminary sketches of some chariot parts, and profiles of heads from cow-headed couch (73) and Toeris couch (137) with measurements
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
Plan of shrines and sarcophagus

Carter MSS i.G.38

Draft plan of the sepulchral shrines (Carter nos. 207, 237-239) and sarcophagus (Carter no. 240) in situ in the Burial Chamber, including objects in situ between the third and fourth shrines, and magical figures in [sealed] niches in chamber's walls.
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
drawing on paper

Carter MSS i.G.17.recto

Preliminary sketch recording the position of objects (100, 101, 102) in situ on top of the Toeris couch (137)
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
drawing on paper

Carter MSS i.G.16

Preliminary sketches recording the position of objects (80, 81, 82) in situ on top of the cow-headed couch (37)
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
Draft plan of the lid of the first (outermost) coffin (Carter no. 253) in situ in the Burial chamber

Carter MSS i.G.36

Draft plan of the lid of the first (outermost) coffin (Carter no. 253) in situ in the Burial chamber
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
objects in room

Carter MSS i.G.11

Final plan of the Antechamber recording all of the objects in situ with their assigned numbers
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
Final plan of the Burial chamber recording all of the objects in situ with their assigned numbers

Carter MSS i.G.31

Final plan of the Burial chamber recording all of the objects in situ with their assigned numbers
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing
Plan of antechamber

Carter MSS i.G.10

Draft plan of the Antechamber recording all of the objects in situ with their assigned numbers
Map, plan, sketch, or drawing

In an aged “Newspaper Cuttings” album, compiled by the great Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner, one unexpectedly finds two envelopes neatly attached to a page, seemingly at odds with the rest of the material. A tantalising clue to their contents are the adjacent clippings announcing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, and when the first envelope contents are lifted out and unfolded, one is immediately compelled to read further when greeted with ‘Most private’!

Envelope for handwritten letter

‘Most private’ Letter from Carnarvon

Story page
writing on board

TAA i.2.12a.0.1

Original housing of Lucas' conservation notes
Conservation notes