Date in year · 1923 · The 1920s
On February 16, 1923, howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 16, 1923
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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1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade.
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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)
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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