Tutankhamun's tomb: discovery & excavation

The book Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody Mysteries) by Elizabeth Peters has come in. I'm not sure yet whether or not I like it: It's a mixture of farce (the tomb discovery and first developments) and melodrama (Sethos in trouble – or is he?). The cast of characters is so big that it required a listing at the front of the book. More I can't say so as not to spoil the suspense. I will say, however, that the story concludes with a sickening plethora of Amelia's "happy endings" …

All this notwithstanding, I wanted to find out the real story of the tomb discovery and excavation and found this truly amazing site from the Griffith Institute (a great site on its own merits) at the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford:

Tutankhamun: Anatomy of an Excavation

which includes Howard Carter's diaries, Harry Burton's photographs, etc., etc., with more to come!

To Peters' credit, her intellectual honesty led her not to tamper with the known facts of the tomb story, but rather, she amuses herself with Emerson's frustration of having to observe the goings-on … and, oh well, a little meddling and blackguarding … enjoy your read!

This, BTW, is the 18th book in the Amelia Peabody series.