Introduction

Stop 1, Introduction [Read by Professor Richard Bruce Parkinson]

In 1922, as Egypt was becoming an independent nation, a British team led by the excavator Howard Carter and funded by the wealthy Lord Carnarvon discovered an almost intact royal burial in the Valley of the Kings – the tomb of the young king Tutankhamun from around 1320 BCE. This audio guide will navigate you around the exhibition, with the two curators, Professor Richard Bruce Parkinson and Dr Daniela Rosenow. In this selection of documents from the archive of the Griffith Institute in Oxford, we will introduce you to some of the original responses to one of the most famous of all archaeological discoveries. At the end of each curatorial statement, simply select the next track to listen to these voices from the past.

Introduction

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