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The opening of Tutankhamun's intact burial shrines provided Harry Burton with a perfect opportunity to further captivate audiences with a renewed sense of discovery waiting behind the shrine's sealed doors that had remained closed for thousands of years. Howard Carter (crouched), Arthur Callender (right), and an unnamed Egyptian team member (foreground) are poised to see 'for the first time' what lay within the fourth (innermost) shrine. But the viewer is not witnessing the actual moment in the history of archaeology as it happens, but rather a carefully staged scene with the actors in an arranged composition. The camera's lens focuses on Carter, illuminated by the light of a carefully positioned electric lamp that highlights his raised arm and hand as he opens the innermost shrine's door.
Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford
Title
Opening the Doors of Tutankhamun's Burial Shrines
Date
1924
Medium
negative
Measurements
H 23.9 x W 17.9 cm
Accession number
Burton p0643
Acquisition method
gift, 1946
Work type
Photograph
Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
Sackler Library, 1 St John Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2LG England
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