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Buy Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. H. V. F. Winstone. for R135.00

  (W) Kathryn Immonen (A) Rich Ellis, Ramon K. Perez (CA) Michael Komarck   Tying into the explosive events of ORIGINAL SIN! In the early 1950s, an alien energy source is discovered in Russia. It's up to Peggy Carter and Howard Stark to find it - but a newly risen terrorist group called Hydra is also on the hunt! When the mysterious Woodrow McCord enters the picture and Howard accidentally causes a UFO to fire on Moscow, Peggy and her team must go underground. And when they discover a Hydra-run gulag that hides a mysterious woman just as Soviet scientists open a portal between worlds, an ancient terror is released! But what is it searching for? The truth behind S.I.N. is exposed, and Peggy and the gang face impossible decisions with grisly consequences! Plus: a tale of love and honor starring Peggy Carter and Captain America! Collecting OPERATION S.I.N. #1-5 and CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FIRST THIRTEEN #1.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days After receiving an anonymous letter, New York lawyer Mark Wilder arrives in Cairo to learn the shocking news that he is the illegitimate son of Howard Carter, the famous British archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb. Before he died in mysterious circumstances, Carter informed Abbot Pacomas, the last descendant of the great priests of Amon, that only his lost son could continue his life's quest: to find the papyrus hidden in Tutankhamun's burial place and reveal its contents to the world. No archive mentions this lost papyrus, archaeologists deny its very existence, mystical forces unleash themselves to protect it. It has become a legend - just like the curse that claims all those who disturb the pharaoh's eternal slumber. The quest to uncover Tutankhamun's final secret is fraught with danger. And as he attempts to complete his father's mission, Mark finds himself facing new enemies Howard Carter could never have foreseen, including the CIA and the Egyptian police. Features Summary The latest intriguing thriller from one of historical fiction's best-known writers. Author Christian Jacq Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20091001 Pages 342 ISBN 1-84739-392-6 ISBN 13 978-1-84739-392-0

Buy THE DISCOVERY OF THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMEN (105 illustrations) Howard Carter and A.C. Mace for R135.00

Paperback   The tomb of Tutankhamun (Tut.ankh.Amen), uncovered by the fifth Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter in 1922, was the greatest archaeological find the world has ever seen. Though entered by thieves in antiquity, the burial of the king lay intact within its nest of coffins and funerary shrines when these two intrepid archaeologists discovered it. This book, originially published in 1933, is the third volume of Carter’s magnificent trilology describing the excavation of the two stone chambers in which were gathered many of the boy-king’s most splendid funerary treasures.

 Paperback in excellent condition. Published in 2000. 341 pages. Lots of colour pictures to support the text. Three and a half thousand years ago, a little boy of around seven years old was crowned pharaoh. Nine years later he was dead! Tutankhamen lay in peace  until 1922, when Howard Carter reopened the tomb. Suddenly the young King achieved a fame he never attained in life. Political infighting and bitter struggles for power characterized the period... now… for the first time, Christine El Mahdy can tell the full, fascinating story!  El Mahdy examines  the most startling allegations of heresy, homosexuality, invest and murder and puts them in a new period context.