Author: Hoving, Thomas.
Title: Tutankhamun: The Untold Story.
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster, (1978). (1978). - Octavo, white cloth titled in blue on the spine, in a color decorated white dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled and darkened and also slightly chipped along the edges. 384 pages, with color and black & white photographic illustrations. Near fine in a good dw.

The second printing.

The former head of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas Hoving, recounts the story of the discovery of King Tut's tomb. Drawing on untapped sources, he reveals the untold story of those who played a major part: Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon, the French Jesuit Lacau, the Egyptian authorities, and even the directors of the Metropolitan Museum had a hand in the plot. Good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; EXPLORATION; KING TUT; EGYPTOLOGY; THOMAS HOVING; ARCHAEOLOGY; ANCIENT HISTORY; TUTANKHAMUN; THE UNTOLD STORY; BOY KING OF EGYPT; HOWARD CARTER; LORD CARNARVON; FRENCH JESUIT LACAU; EGYPTIANS; METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART; EGYPTIANS.

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