The month of PF
's family biography also saw her first novel, The Golden Child, a detective story centred on the British Museum during the hugely popular Tutankhamun
Exhibition which opened on 29 March...
Textual Production
Noel Streatfeild
NS
's other writing for children included plays (a collected volume, The Children's Matinee, 1934) and a remarkable life of The Boy Pharaoh, Tutankhamen for young readers, published in 1972 to coincide with the...
Travel
H. D.
While travelling in Egypt, H. D.
, her mother
, and Bryher
witnessed the opening of the tomb of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen or Tutankhamun
.
Guest, Barbara. Herself Defined: The Poet H.D. and Her World. Collins, 1985.
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Timeline
16 February 1923: Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen's Tomb in Egypt...
National or international item
16 February 1923
Tutankhamun
or Tutankhamen's Tomb in Egypt was opened by Howard Carter
, revealing astonishing ancient treasures.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 594
29 March 1972: A major exhibition of ancient Egyptian treasures...
Building item
29 March 1972
A major exhibition of ancient Egyptian treasures associated with the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun
opened at the British Museum
, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the treasures on 16 February 1923.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
