Howard Carter

Howard Carter
Carter in 1924
Born	(1874-05-09)9 May 1874 Kensington, England
Died	2 March 1939(1939-03-02) (aged 64) Kensington, London, England
Known for	Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922
Scientific career
Fields	Archaeology Egyptology
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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) 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.