(left) Howard Carter (1874 – 1939) the British archaeologist and Lord Carnarvon (1866 – 1923), his financial backer, after discovering the intact tomb (designated KV62) of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamen (colloquially known as "King Tut" and "the boy king"), in November 1922.

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