Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - Sunday, July 26, 2009
"I inserted the candle and peered in. . . at first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flame to flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold—everywhere the glint of gold. . . For the moment—an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by—I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, Can you see anything? It was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things. . .' "
—Howard Carter
Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun presents a selection of photographs of Howard Carter's excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun taken by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's staff photgrapher, Harry Burton, in 1923. The photo-mural reproductions shown in the exhibition were created from negatives held in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Egyptian Art and in the archives of the Griffith Institute of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford and were used with the permission of both institutions.
Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun was presented in the museum's galleries as a companion exhibition to Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, presented by the museum at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.
—Howard Carter
Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun presents a selection of photographs of Howard Carter's excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun taken by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's staff photgrapher, Harry Burton, in 1923. The photo-mural reproductions shown in the exhibition were created from negatives held in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Department of Egyptian Art and in the archives of the Griffith Institute of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford and were used with the permission of both institutions.
Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun was presented in the museum's galleries as a companion exhibition to Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, presented by the museum at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center.
