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Melcher Media [Published Date: 2018]. Hardcover, 80 pp. Stated First Edition. In very good condition/ no dust jacket. Illustrated Paper over Boards have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (wire spiral). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Full color illustrations throughout. [From back cover] Before the world knew Tutankhamun as "King Tut," the world didn't know him at all. For about 3,200 years, history had forgotten this pharaoh - on purpose. But the sands of Egypt had hidden little clues about Tutankhamun. Only one archaeologist, an Englishman named Howard Carter, had the patience to piece them together and discover the pharaoh's long-lost tomb. When he opened it in 1922, Carter found golden treasures and, most valuable of all, the king's mummy. Carter also found enough mysteries to keep other archaeologists busy for more than a hundred years. I am one of those archaeologists. And I could see that this was a job for 21st-century science. With teams of experts, I have set out to solve the many mysteries of King Tutankhamun: Who were his parents? What was his life like? Why had he died so young? Join Howard Carter and me on quests to discover the truths - and more questions - about the world's most famous boy-king! HAWASS is an Egyptian archaeologist known throughout the world for his discoveries and for his work protecting ancient sites and artifacts. He has excavated in Egypt for more than 40 years. His many important discoveries include the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya, tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza, the mummy of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, and the cause of Tutankhamun's death.