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Special Exhibition Catalogue Gallery - Tutankhamun's Tomb:

The Thrill of Discovery (Photographs by Harry Burton)

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Duotone reproductions of more than 70 mostly black-and-white vintage images by British photographer Harry Burton (1879-1940) of the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun (ruled ca. 1336-1327 B.C.) and its excavation comprise Tutankhamun's Tomb: The Thrill of Discovery (The Photographs of Harry Burton). The volume has been published in conjunction with the special exhibition Discovering Tutankhamun: The Photographs of Harry Burton, on view from December 19, 2006 through April 29, 2007 at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This gallery contains a selection of some of Burton's historic images as seen in both catalogue and exhibition. To read a full review of the publication, please see Special Exhibition Catalogue Review - Tutankhamun's Tomb.
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Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionThe Antechamber, December 1922Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionWood Half-length Bust of TutankhamunImage © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionCarter Wrapping a Guardian Statue for Removal from the TombImage © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionUnbroken Sealing on the Doors of the Second Shrine, January 1924
Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionFace of the Outermost Coffin of Tutankhamun, Spring 1926Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionCarter Examining the Innermost Gold Coffin, October 1925Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Used with permissionWood Box in the Form of Tutankhamun's Cartouche or Royal Name

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