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Significance of howard carter's discovery

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Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English 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.
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In 1922, Howard carter made one of the greatest finds in history. He found a preserved tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh. This tomb was called the tomb of Tutankhamen.

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