Tutankhamun : excavating the archive

Körperschaft: Griffith Institute
Weitere Verfasser: Parkinson, R. B. 1963- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Bodleian Library Publishing, 2022.
Umfang/Format: 139 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 25 cm
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The 'wonderful things' by R.B. Parkinson
  • Fifty records from the archive: A teenager in Egypt
  • The young artist
  • 'Lord C.'
  • A map of five years' work
  • 'Found'
  • The first step
  • 'It is wonderful'
  • A view into the tomb
  • 'The greatest find ever'
  • Surveying the tomb
  • 'Lunch near the tomb'
  • The unnamed team
  • Planning the Antechamber
  • The numbering system
  • Glass plate negatives
  • Recording one object
  • Wrapping and packing
  • Cleaning and conserving
  • A railway through the desert
  • Opening the Burial chamber
  • Beyond the wall
  • A scene from the funeral
  • Unbroken seals
  • Posed for discovery
  • Opened doors
  • Removing a roof
  • Beneath the lid
  • A veil with flowers
  • Archaeologists at work
  • A floral collar
  • The mask
  • Examining the young king
  • The king's jewellery
  • Two views of the Treasury
  • Ancient wrappings
  • A packed storeroom
  • Perfume jars
  • A feather fan
  • Detailed decoration
  • The royal wardrobe
  • Baskets and albums
  • A stylish stool
  • Ancient and modern
  • The photographer's wife
  • The tourist attraction
  • Worldwide fame
  • Fan mail
  • Occult advice
  • Selling King Tut
  • A final photograph
  • Work on the tomb, season by season, and a time-line
  • A guide to the archive
  • Endnotes to the Introduction
  • References for quoted material in Records 1-50
  • Further reading
  • Index.