Howard Carter

Howard Carter was the British archaeologist who discovered Tut's tomb in 1922 after years of futile searching — a discovery that made both him and the boy king world-famous. He is shown as patient and meticulous in recording the funerary treasures, yet, by the standards of his day, rough in his methods: when the hardened resins cemented the mummy to its coffin, he heated it in the sun and finally had his men chisel it free, removing the head and severing the joints to strip away the gold. …