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Howard Carter

7/18/2021

1920s "Tutmania" and its Enduring Echoes

by Gill Paul

A remarkable confluence of events and circumstances launched a cultural mania for ancient Egypt in Britain and the US with the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

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Howard Carter

1920s "Tutmania" and its Enduring Echoes

by Gill Paul