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2. 1. Childhood
2. About Howard Carter
3. Howard Carter’s art
4. Howard Carter’s Discovery
5. King Tut
6. Bibliography

3.  Howard Carter was born May 9, 1874.
 Howard Carter was home schooled.
 Howard Carter was ill for most of his childhood
and was sent to live with his aunts in Norfolk.
 After a while Samuel Carter, Howard Carter’s
father, became an archaeologist which inspired
Howard to be one, too.
 At the age 17, he switched from an archaeologist
to an Egyptologist.

4.  Howard Carter worked in Egypt for 31 years before he found
kings Tut’s tomb.
 Howard Carter got a job as an archeologist’s helper to
illustrate the artifacts that were discovered.
 Howard Carter was once an artist, but people remember him
more as an archeologist and Egyptologist
 Being an artist was helpful for his exploration because he
drew the things he saw and thought were interesting.
 He was able to read and make hieroglyphics (Egyptian
writing)
 Howard Carter’s art was also a way he made money. He was
hired by the museums to draw pictures of ancient Egyptian
things for tourists
.

6.  In 1917, Howard Carter tried to find King Tut’s
tomb.
 In 1992, Howard Carter Discovered King Tut’s
tomb
 In 1993, Howard Carter opened King Tut’s tomb
 Howard Carter searched for 5 years from 1917 to
1922 for kings Tut’s Tomb
 Howard Carter found King Tut’s tomb in the
valleys of the kings

8. Childhood
 http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Carter
About Howard Carter
 http://www.biography.com/people/howard-carter-20683395
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Howard_Carter.aspx
 http:videa//archaeology.mrdonn.org/howard-carter.html
Howard Carter’s disCovery
 http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/kingtut.htm
 http://www.mummytombs.com/egypt/kingtut.carter.htm
Videos
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWB5-aXMXQ

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