Discovery of King Tut's Tomb unseen 400+ original photograph collection ...

 

 Discovery of King Tut's Tomb unseen 400+ original photograph collection of Harry Burton 

Discovery of King Tut's Tomb unseen 400+ photograph collection.

Harry Burton Tutankhamun's tomb

In November 1922 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, its contents largely intact. Carter realized that "the first and pressing need was for photography, for nothing could be touched until a complete photographic record had been made, a task involving technical skill of the highest order." The Metropolitan Museum's excavation team, working nearby, readily agreed to Carter's request for the loan of Burton to formally photograph the findings of the British excavation at Tutankhamun's tomb.

Taking his first pictures on 27 December 1922, Burton was to spend nearly ten years photographing Tutankhamun's tomb and its artefacts, with over 3,400 photographs preserved. Burton used gelatine silver glass plates that recorded a high-quality detailed image.

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