The news of the discovery spread fast all over the country, and inquisitive enquiries mingled with congratulations from this moment became the daily …

- Howard Carter

Though I was satisfied that I was on the verge of perhaps a magnificent find, probably one of the missing tombs that I had been seeking for many year…

- Howard Carter

Towards sunset we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and…

- Howard Carter

Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed do…

- Howard Carter

As we cleared the passage we found mixed with the rubble broken potsherds, jar seals, and numerous fragments of small objects; water skins lying on t…

- Howard Carter

It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing.

- Howard Carter

Let me ever love Thyself more than Thy service.

- Howard Carter

I think at the moment we did not even want to break the seal [on the inner chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen], for a feeling of intrusion had descen…

- Howard Carter