LUXOR, Egypt – Luxor city celebrates on Friday the re-opening of the house of the British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter after its renovation by the American Research Center in Egypt.
Carter discovered the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun in November 1922.
In statements on Friday, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Moustafa Waziri said that the project of renovating Howard Carter’s House was implemented from February to November 2022, with funding from the US Agency for International Development, in partnership with the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry.
On this occasion, the American Research Center will host an opening ceremony at the Carter House on Friday to celebrate its official reopening to the public after its restoration, Wazari further noted.
Across the mesmerizing west bank of Luxor, resides the house of Howard Carter, who led the team excavating the tomb of Tutankhamun. The house where he lived during the years of this mission remain until today and has become a touristic site that many would like to visit.
In 1907, French Egyptologist Sir Gaston Maspero recommended Howard Carter to Lord Carnarvon to hire him as a supervisor on the excavation project of Deir El Bahari’s tombs.
His great accomplishment in this mission encouraged Lord Carnarvon to hire him again to lead the excavation of the Valley of Kings in Luxor.
In November 1922, Carter made his great discovery of the secret chamber of Tutankhamun which was a discovery that piqued the world’s interest and attention.
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