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Revision as of 18:32, 3 September 2020
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Howard Carter was a British archaeologist who searched for the lost tomb of Userhat in Egypt in 1902. He mentored Robert Charles and worked with Jane Templeton. (AUDIO: False Gods)
He discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1923, (PROSE: The King of Golden Death) aided by the Doctor and his Gladstone bag, as later recalled by the Fourth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Movellan Grave)
The Eleventh Doctor named him as a great archaeologist. (PROSE: The Glamour Chase)
A class 2 exploration cruiser was named after Carter. (PROSE: Shroud of Sorrow)
Behind the scenes
- He was portrayed by Pip Torrens on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Giles Watling in The Tutankhamun Conspiracy.
- In real life, he discovered the tomb itself in 1922, but the burial chamber was only entered in 1923.
