Katherine Griffis-Greenberg Wrote:
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> Khazar-khum Wrote:
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> > And absolutely NO ONE noticed until NOW???
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> > Am I alone in wondering what the hell????
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> Hey, you have to recall what was the purpose of
> 19th and early 20th century Egyptologists. Recall
> that most 19th century excavators were in for the
> "big haul" - gold, silver, and that sort of thing.



> Items of everyday life certainly didn't interest
> them at all - and that apparently included
> Carter.



Katherine,


I do not agree with this. Carter made a very detailed inventory of the tomb, it took him years. In this, he was on the contrary completely different from his predecessing, contemporaneous and even, for some time, succeeding colleagues.


Ronald.