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'''Howard Carter''' was a [[Great Britain|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 (audio story)|False Gods]]'')
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'''Howard Carter''' was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[archaeologist]] who searched for [[the lost tomb of Userhat]] in [[Egypt]] in [[1902]]. He mentored [[Robert Charles]] and worked with [[Jane Templeton]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|False Gods (audio story)}})


He discovered [[Tut-Ankh-Amen|Tutankhamun]]'s tomb in [[1923]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The King of Golden Death (short story)|The King of Golden Death]]'')
He discovered [[Tutankhamun]]'s tomb in [[1923]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The King of Golden Death (short story)}}) aided by [[the Doctor]] and [[the Doctor's Gladstone bag|his Gladstone bag]], as later recalled by the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Movellan Grave (audio story)}})


The [[Eleventh Doctor]] named him as a great archaeologist. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Glamour Chase (novel)|The Glamour Chase]]'')
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] named him as a great archaeologist. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Glamour Chase (novel)}})


[[SS Howard Carter|A class 2 exploration cruiser]] was named after Carter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]'')
[[SS Howard Carter|A class 2 exploration cruiser]] was named after Carter. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Shroud of Sorrow (novel)}})
 
When in [[Qin Shi Huang]]'s [[Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang|tomb]], [[Barbara Wright]] thought of herself as a female Howard Carter. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Eleventh Tiger (novel)}})


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Latest revision as of 19:32, 26 September 2024

Howard Carter
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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 [+]Loading...["False Gods (audio story)"])

He discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1923, (PROSE: The King of Golden Death [+]Loading...["The King of Golden Death (short story)"]) aided by the Doctor and his Gladstone bag, as later recalled by the Fourth Doctor. (AUDIO: The Movellan Grave [+]Loading...["The Movellan Grave (audio story)"])

The Eleventh Doctor named him as a great archaeologist. (PROSE: The Glamour Chase [+]Loading...["The Glamour Chase (novel)"])

A class 2 exploration cruiser was named after Carter. (PROSE: Shroud of Sorrow [+]Loading...["Shroud of Sorrow (novel)"])

When in Qin Shi Huang's tomb, Barbara Wright thought of herself as a female Howard Carter. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Tiger (novel)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 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.