Howard Carter millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness"", a quotation taken from the Wishing Cup of Tutankhamun, and ""O night, spread thy wings over me as the imperishable stars"." Carter has been portrayed in many film and television productions: Howard Carter Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb (designated KV62) of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun (colloquially known as "King Tut" and "the boy king"), in November 1922. Howard Carter was born in Kensington on
Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun exhibition continued with the following itinerary: Several exhibitions have been established which feature replicas of Tutankhamun artifacts, rather than real artifacts from archaeological sites. These provide access to pieces of comparable appearance to viewers living in places where the real artifacts have not circulated. The first replica exhibition, a copy of the entire tomb of Tutankhamun, was built only a few years after the discovery of the tomb. This replica was temporary, staged by Arthur Weigall for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, in 1924. Modern replica exhibitions exist in Dorchester, Dorset, England, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, and