Tutankhamun Illustrated - Naylor Trevor

Presented in a high-quality traditionally-bound gift format with accompanying illustrations, Tutankhamun Illustrated provides a compact introduction to the boy Pharoah and his famous tomb and its contents.After years of failure exploring the tombs of the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt, British archeologist Howard Carter’s shovel struck a buried stone step in November 1922. Breath held, he cleared sand, descending into darkness. A sealed doorway appeared. By flickering candle, gold gleamed... Zobrazit více