Howard Carter
British egyptologist (1874–1939)
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Updated 2026-05-29
British archaeologist who cracked open Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 and basically rewrote the rulebook on Egyptian burial sites. The discovery made him globally synonymous with high-stakes tomb hunting.
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Howard Carter was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became known for discovering the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
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