Howard carter biography archaeologist education

Howard Carter became famous because of a 4,000 year old man. He was the archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Howard Carter was born 9 May 1874 in Kensington, London to successful artist Samuel Carter. He was a sickly child and was sent to live with his aunts in Norfolk where he was given private home schooling. He had an artistic streak from an early age and when his father painted a well-known Egyptologist, his life-long interest in the field was ignited.

Carter began his archaeological work in Egypt in 1891, at the age of 17, after his father had funnen him a job as an artist for an archaeologist. There he worked on the excavation of Basi Hassan, the gravesite of the princess of Middle Egypt, circa 2000 BC. Later he was to komma under the tutelage of Flinders Petrie.

In 1899, he was offered a position working for the Egyptian Antiquities service, from which he resigned as a result of a dispute, in 1905.

After several hard years, Carter was inom

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Howard Carter: Everything you need to know

‘We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming’

Howard Carter

On the 4th November 2022, we celebrate 100 years since British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men found the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb. Howard Carter was an English archaeologist, most celebrated for his contributions to Egyptology, (study of Pharaonic Egypt).

Carter's greatest and most famous discovery was the Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb, the best preserved tomb ever to be found in the Valley of Kings. Starting of as a boy living in Egypt fascinated by the ancient world and sketching the artifacts he encountered, lets explore how Howard Carter grew up to discover and excavate Tutankhamun’s tomb. 

Early Life 

Howard Carter was born in Kensington, London on May 9, 1874. Carter spent much of his childhood in the Norfolk market to

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Howard Carter

British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)

For other people named Howard Carter, see Howard Carter (disambiguation).

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discoveredthe intact tomb of the 18th DynastyPharaohTutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.

Early life

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Howard Carter was born in Kensington on 9 May 1874,^[1] the youngest child (of eleven) of artist and illustrator Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter (née Sands). His father helped train and develop his artistic talents.

Carter spent much of his childhood with relatives in the Norfolkmarket town of Swaffham, the birthplace of both his parents.^[3][4] His father had previously relocated to London, but after three of the children had died young, Carter, who was a sickly child, was moved to Norfolk and raised for the most par