Howard Carter Quotes & Sayings
15 most famous Howard Carter quotes and sayings (scientist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“All we have to do is to peel the shrines like an onion, and we will be with the king himself.”
“We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming.”
“Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings.”
“It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.”
“They were of many types of seals, all bearing the insignia of the King.”
“We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects.”
“The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment became the daily programme.”
“With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb.”
“Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward appearances that it was intact.”
“After clearing 9 metres of the descending passage, in about the middle of the afternoon, we came upon a second sealed doorway, which was almost the exact replica of the first.”
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