Leaving the Valley of the Kings, we stopped at the house of Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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| Howard Carter's House (1910, designed by Howard Carter?) was reopened to tourists a year ago, on the hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the tomb of King Tut |
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| Artifacts did not belong to Carter |
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| The study was replicated based on photographs |
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| Carter's bedroom with a metal bed and mosquito netting |
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| The guest bedroom may have been used on occasion by George Herbert, Lord Carnarvon, who was the financial sponsor of the archaeological dig that uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun |
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| Dining room |
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| Visitors exclaimed that a heat source was not needed in Egypt; however, the British needed to heat the tea kettle |
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| Antique dolly switch mounted on a copper plate |
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| A medical kit from Carter's time |
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| The bathroom likely had an earth water closet and tin bucket and pan for washing |
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| There was a small lead-lined cupboard to keep food cool |
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| The kitchen |
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| Photography darkroom drying room |
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| A large window opened to the patio |
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| Artist's easel; Carter was skilled in watercolor painting |
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| Antique drafting table |
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| Copies of watercolors done by Carter and a wicker lounge chair |
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| This photograph of Howard Carter was in the Howard Carter House and in our stateroom |
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