loaned which to agency outside distributed be to not are and ote the by you to loaned contents its and report confidential this ote of Property EX-WRC 670 640 C /5/22 I 4/01/22 3/12/21 9/2/19 8/2/19 CASE CHARACTER BY MADE REPORT MADE WHICH FOR PERIOD I/28/20 MADE WHEN DATE AT MADE REPORT AT ORIGINATED CASE THIS No.1 Form MATTER SECURITY 67C 67C MYSTERIES IN THE SAND British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter looks out over the Egyptian desert It’s November 1922 and time is running out for his excavation in the Valley of the Kings If he doesn’t find anything soon he will run out of money and return to England empty-handed His team spreads out in search of the tomb of a lost pharaoh Suddenly Carter hears a shout A team member has tripped and fallen As Carter looks for what caused the fall he sees steps leading down into the sand Carter and his team quickly remove the sand and dirt They are amazed at what they find the tomb of King 4 INTRODUCTION
SUBJECT Tutankhamun known as King Tut The story of what happened to this young king as well as what became of the men who discovered his resting place is full of mysteries In 1922 Howard Carter’s excavation team found the steps leading down to King Tut’s tomb 5
CHAPTER 1 THE BOY KING’S TOMB A replica of Tut’s burial chamber including his sarcophagus 6
Howard Carter with Lord Carnarvon left around 1922 Carter was interested in Egypt from a young age In 1891 when he was seventeen he joined an archaeological expedition to the country At the time the British Empire controlled Egypt Britain had invaded Egypt in 1882 increasing interest in the country That year the British Egypt Exploration Fund was founded to pay for the excavations of Egyptian sites Many new archaeological techniques were being developed and practiced 7
