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British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874-1939) whose discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's 'Valley of the Kings' proved to be one of the signal events in the history of archaeology. LS in Arabic, one page, 6.5 x 8.25, June 13, 1902. Letter to the managing administrator of the Archeology Department, in part (translated): "Attached for the benefit of the department, Qena 788, and with it the land registry concerning the land. Enclosed here for archeological purposes and for the proprietor of the land, Ahmad Moussa, along with the papers of this cast, which were sent by us on the 16th April 1902." In fine condition, with two file holes to the left edge. It was during this year that Carter, while supervising excavations in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, discovered the tombs of Hatshepsut and Thutmose IV.
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