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279:, their photographic expert. promptly cabled back, and his cable ought to go on record as an example of disinterested scientific cooperation: 'Only too delighted to assist in any possible way. Please call on Burton and any other members of our staff.
304:, the Metropolitan's director, that 'although we are doing the lion's share of the work, the tomb is Carnarvon's and Carter's and the right to speak publicly of it ... is solely theirs'. This support continued during Carter's 1924 legal dispute with
271:, a unique find of a pharaonic tomb with its contents largely intact. On hearing of the discovery Lythgoe, who was working at the Metropolitan's nearby Deir al Bahari excavation, sent a congratulatory telegram to Carter. Carter later wrote:
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accepted Carter's advice to sell much of the collection to the
Metropolitan Museum. Carter, with Lythgoe representing the Museum, agreed to what appeared to be a low price, thereby providing the museum with some recompense. Philanthropist
287:, who both remained loaned to Carter for a number of years. This was a significant contribution to the Tutankhamun exploration, since Carter's initial resources were clearly insufficient for the task of systematically clearing the tomb.
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Lythgoe, although never a part of Carter's team, continued to be supportive of Carter and the excavation. He attended the opening of the burial chamber in
February 1923, and when Carter and his patron
247:, after 1918. As curator, he was also responsible for the arrangement of the Metropolitan Museum's Egyptian Collection in New York, which won praise from other Egyptologists.
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Metropolitan Museum was never formally compensated for the support they gave to the excavation when the late Lord Carnarvon's private Egyptian collection was sold,
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In my reply I somewhat diffidently inquired whether it would be possible â for the immediate emergency at any rate â to secure the assistance of Mr
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Lythgoe retired as curator of
Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum in 1929, and was succeeded by Herbert Winlock. Lythgoe remained as curator
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funded the purchase. Lythgoe was married to Edward's wife Mary's cousin. Although officially all artifacts from
Tutankhamun's tomb went to the
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703:. Egypt Exploration Society, London.
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760:. Egypt Exploration Society, London.
739:The tomb of Tut Ankh Amen, Volume 1
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294:sold exclusive reporting rights to
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699:Bierbrier, Morris L (2012).
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852:. Barzan, Manchester.
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352:Killingly, Connecticut
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146:Albert Morton Lythgoe
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1002:Meteoric iron dagger
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930:Ankhesenamun (wife)
638:Swan Point Cemetery
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265:Valley of the Kings
261:tomb of Tutankhamun
251:Tomb of Tutankhamun
229:Metropolitan Museum
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1091:(1977 documentary)
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920:Akhenaten (father)
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1107:(1998 film)
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1070:Arthur Mace
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