Howard Carter
Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922, the best-preserved pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
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| Born | 9 May 1874 Kensington, England |
| Died | 2 March 1939 (aged 64) Kensington, London, England |
| Known for | Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 |
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