"It soon became obvious that we were but……" — Howard Carter
"It soon became obvious that we were but on the threshold of the discovery."
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Howard Carter
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17 Quotes by Howard Carter
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The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment…
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Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large…
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It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.
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Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until…
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Let me ever love Thyself more than Thy service.
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I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the…
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All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king…
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After clearing 9 metres of the descending passage, in about the middle of the afternoon, we came upon a second…
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As the work proceeded we found that the western end of the cutting receded under the slope of the rock,…
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Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings.
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Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the…
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These ancient huts were soon cleared of the rubbish covering them. I planned them, and removed them for investigation below,…
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