Howard Carter

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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)

He discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in 1923. (PROSE: The King of Golden Death)

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.
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