Howard Carter

George Lucas once said, “Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.” This theme is very evident and important in House of the Scorpion as some of the characters are very powerful and cannot properly handle their power. House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer documents the journey of Matt, who is the clone of a powerful drug lord. After being injured, he goes to the Big House and meets this drug lord, who has lived for over…

More than an inventor, Dr. Charles Drew was the first African American to create unique methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the United States. Growing up the oldest out of his siblings, Drew was an athletic student that excelled in every sport he played. Since his father, a carpet layer, was not financially able to send him to college, Drew heavily relied on his athletic abilities to get him to Amherst College in 1926. After…

Can you imagine what our former president, William Taft, had to yell when he got stuck in the white house bath tub? Well we may never know, but we can learn about Taft, his presidency, and the life in 1908. The life of William Howard Taft was a very simple, yet very impressive. He accomplished alot throughout his life. Which all started September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati Ohio.(Biography.com) Since Taft was one of the earlier presidents he had a lot of firsts that other presidents didn't get to…

The Museum Of Modern Art starts when three prominent women envision a museum devoted to contemporary art: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller(wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) and two of her friends, Lillie P. Bliss and Quinn Sullivan Lillie P. Bliss is one of the leading collectors of modern art in New York. Mary Quinn Sullivan is a pioneer modern art collector. They all felt a need to challenge the traditional policies of museums and to make a foundation devoted exclusively to modern art. Abigail Greene…

Howard Carter had been working in Egypt for 31 years before Carter had made the discovery of his life, discovering King Tut’s tomb. King Tut had a short but eventful life. When King Tutankhamun became a leader, he was only nine years old! He was not liked by Egypt because his father had totally changed Egypt’s religion. He had changed the religion to just worship just one god. When King Tutankhamun (also known as King Tut) tried to change the religion back to worship many gods. But he did not…

1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the untouched tomb of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. As he discovered the long-lost tomb, Carter kept a diary of his journey. His discovery of the most intact tomb ever found ignited a large interest in Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology. Despite the long excavation of King Tutankhamen’s tomb, excessive research and exploration of the tomb can find hidden treasures and unseen information about ancient Egypt. In 1907, Carter was given the job…

known as a curse that anyone who dared violate the boy king’s resting place (tomb), would face a horrible curse. This curse was discovered when on February 17, 1923, Howard Carter and his associate, Lord Carnarvon, finally were able to break into the tomb of the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamen. Following breaking into the tomb, Lady Carter, four years later, followed by Lord Carnarvon and more than 20 other people involved in the excavation died from various causes. These causes ranged from heart…

King Tut became pharaoh at 9 years old! Even though the “boy king” had power, Tutankhamun was still supervised by an elder. These are just a few of the interesting facts about King Tut’s family. Howard Carter is most famous for the discovering of King Tut’s tomb. There were lot’s of artifacts Howard Carter and his team learned about the pharaoh. Carter’s team found lots of prized possessions. Inside the tomb were, small carvings of animals or supernatural figures. There were also, amulets and…

included lock out at 1.30am, last drinks at 3am and no shots of spirits after 12am (excluding small bars and tourism accommodation premises). The lockout laws aimed at reducing the movement of intoxicated patrons between alcoholic licenced premises (Howard et al, 2014). Also introduced were precinct bans for troublemakers for up to 48hrs and tougher punishments…

The Funerary Mask of King Tutankhamun Ever heard the phrase Kings never die, well neither do Pharaohs. For year’s archeologist have been discovering tombs of pharaohs and their families trying to get an understanding of who they were. Many tombs of the pharaohs were ravaged through and amazing art was taken by tomb robbers but still they were able to find beautiful works of art and even funeral masks. Arguably the most famous mask to date is King Tutankhamun. Along with the mask there were many…