Howard Carter
Vocabulary
Tutankhamen
Lord Carnarvon
The Tomb
100
What is the length of seasons that Howard Carter searched for the tomb of King Tutankhamen?
5 seasons
100
What is another word that a guard?
a sentinel
100
What is one thing that was believed to cause Tutankhamen's death?
Complications from a broken leg or malaria
100
What is the term used for the person who financed Howard Carter's search of the tomb?
"backer"
100
Objects that were discovered inside the tomb.
What is sarcophagus, furniture, masks, coffins, food, carvings, jewelry, statues of animals, chariots, shoes, clothing, etc.
200
What is the date Howard Carter discovered the hidden tomb?
November 1922
200
What is found whole, not broken, or complete?
intact
200
What is the age Tutankhamen was when he died?
19
200
What is the country where Lord Carnavarn lived?
England
200
What is the name of the location where Carter discovered Tutankhamen's tomb?
What is the Valley of the Kings.
300
What is the site that Howard Carter decided to go back and excavate (dig) in search of Tutankhamen's tomb.
the site of the huts used for workers of Rameses VI tomb
300
What is always done orderly and in a very organized manner?
systematically
300
What was the age that King Tutankhamen became king?
9
300
What is his relationship with the woman who accompanied him back to Egypt to explore Carter's find?
his daughter
300
What is the name for an Egyptian king?
What is a pharoah
400
What is the nationality of Carter?
British
400
What is try to persuade someone not to do something?
dissuade
400
What is the nickname of Tutankhamen?
"the boy king"
400
This is the museum that bought the collection from Lady Carnarvon after her husband's death.
What is Metropolitan Museum of Art-New York
400
The stairs leading to Tutankhamen's tomb were discovered in front of the entrance to this king's tomb.
What is Rameses VI
500
What is the name given to a person who searches for ancient artifacts.
an archaeologist
500
What is boring, tiresome, long, or time consuming?
tedious
500
What is the proposed age of Tutankhamen's tomb at its discovery?
Over 3,200 years old
500
The evidence found by Carter and Carnarvon that led them to firmly believe that Tutankhamen's tomb had not yet been located?
What is burial jars in a pit-tomb.
500
What is the discovery that Carter found and covered back up to await Carnarvon's return to the excavation site?
a sunken "staircase"
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