In the Valley of the Kings (29 page)

89
“Under his acute perspicacity”
GI, Carter mss., VI.2.1, quoted in Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 40.

90
“house on fire”
Hankey,
A Passion
, 26.

90
“one worker held him down”
Drower,
Flinders Petrie
, 91.

90
“A run of two to four miles”
Ibid.

91
“Fragment. Neck and shoulders”
W. M. Flinders Petrie,
Tell el Amarna
(London: Methuen, 1894), 15–17. Also Aldred,
Akhenaten
, 54, and James,
Howard Carter
, 40–41. For photos of Carter’s finds, see Aldred,
Akhenaten
, 36–37; and Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 38–39. A selection of the fragments (“one lot”) is held by the MMA Department of Egyptian Art.

94
“with admirable freedom of the branching”
Petrie,
Tell el
Amarna
, 14.

97
“If staying out in the sun”
Moran,
The Amarna Letters
, 39.

97
“I little thought how much”
Petrie,
Seventy Years in Archaeology
, quoted in Hankey,
A Passion
, 26.

PART FOUR: IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS

EPIGRAPH

99
“I’ve been through the mill”
Frances Donaldson,
Edward VIII
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 554.

CHAPTER 8

101
white gloves and a tasseled fez
Hankey,
A Passion
, 47, for Weigall’s sketch of Carter dressed as chief inspector of antiquities. For Egyptian government dress regulations, see p. 60 of this work.

102
He could tell many stories
John Romer,
The Valley of the Kings
(New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1981), 195, for Carter’s imaginative dinner companion; further details in the Andrews diary.

103
“A few eroded steps”
GI, Carter mss., Notebook 16, Sketch VI, quoted in Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 73.

104
“Would that Egypt had no antiquities!”
Archibald H. Sayce,
Reminiscences
(London: Macmillan & Co., 1923), 285. For Cromer’s political views and general outlook, see Evelyn Baring (Earl of Cromer),
Modern Egypt
, Vols. I and II (London: Macmillan & Co., 1908).

106
“I took my servant’s blunderbuss”
James Bruce,
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile
(Edinburgh, 1790); quoted in Romer,
The Valley
, 34.

107
“the rain made it impracticable”
GI, Carter mss., VI.2.1.

109
“in the innermost recesses”
Howard Carter, “A Tomb Prepared for Queen Hapshepsuit and Other Recent Discoveries at Thebes,”
Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
4 (1917), 107.

109
“I have marked HC”
Ibid., 108.

109
“I saw a shiny vertical line”
Howard Carter,
The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen
, Introduction by John Romer (London: Century Publishing Co., 1983), 9.

111
“He is absolutely fearless”
Andrews diary, January 17, 1902.

113
“I believe that henceforth”
Édouard Naville,
The Discovery of the Book of the Law Under King Josiah: An Egyptian Interpretation of the Biblical Account
(London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1911), 46. [Microfilm. Master negative of Naville, Édouard, zp-699, Schiff Collection, xi, 46p, 19cm zp-699, no. 2, New York Public Library.]

113
“I regret to tell you”
Edwards to Petrie, undated [1889?], Petrie Papers 9 (iv) 54, Petrie Museum, University College, London, quoted in Drower,
Flinders Petrie
, 281.

114
“It is certainly quite remarkable”
Naville to the Egypt Exploration Fund Committee, February 27, 1898, Egyptian Exploration Society Archives XI a5.

114
“I have been able to judge”
Naville to Edward Maunde Thompson, January 11, 1894, Egyptian Exploration Society Archives XVII.16.

114
“Due possibly to Petrie’s training”
GI, Carter mss., Notebook 16, “An Account of Myself,” quoted in Winstone,
Howard Carter
, 54.

114
“the temple setting”
GI, Carter mss., VI.2.1.

CHAPTER 9

116
“The tomb proved to be 700”
GI, Carter mss., Notebook 16, Sketch VII, quoted in Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 78.

117
“Ramesseum. Northeast Wall of 2nd Temple”
Egypt Exploration Fund Archaeological Reports,
ASAE
2 (1901–1903).

118
“the pigeon on the right”
Carter to his mother, August 24, 1900, letter held by John Carter, quoted in Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 58.

118
An astonished colleague
Arthur Mace journal, February 1, 1900, Abydos, Egypt, quoted in Lee,
The Grand Piano.

119
Another colleague (Arthur Weigall)
Hankey,
A Passion
, 47.

119
“the reis of the guards”
John Wilson to Charles Breasted, November 28, 1940, Chicago House Director’s Office, Luxor, Egypt, quoted in James,
Howard Carter
, 151.

120
Who is this Inspector
Quoted in James,
Howard Carter
, 89, from the newspaper
Le Phare d’Alexandrie.

120
Why would “a person of no importance”
Ibid., from the newspaper
L’Égypte.

121
“About three pm”
GI, Carter mss., V.148, Carter’s complaint against visitors to Saqqara on January 8, 1905.

122
“On finding one of them”
Ibid.

123.
“My Lord, I am exceedingly sorry”
GI, Carter mss., V.107.

123.
“Administration des Télégraphes”
See Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 80, for a photo of this telegram.

124.
“to drive away these”
Quoted in James,
Howard Carter
, 119, from the newspaper
L’Égypte.

124
“Lord Cromer said”
GI, Carter mss., V.148, 33, verso.

124
“In no disparaging sense”
Arthur Weigall,
A History of Events in Egypt from 1796 to 1914
(Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood, 1915), 175, quoted in Hankey,
A Passion
, 216.

125.
“They had dry bread to eat”
Petrie,
Ten Years’ Digging
, 128.

126.
“You are to come with me”
Maspero to Carter, February 3, 1905, GI, Carter mss., V.121.

126
“I feel the humiliation”
Carter to Maspero, February 20, 1905, GI, Carter mss., V.130.

126
“Pay no attention”
Davis to Carter, February 10, 1905, GI, Carter mss., V.124.

127
“I cannot believe”
Carter to Davis, undated, GI, Carter mss., V.124. 127
“I received your letter”
Davis to Carter, February 10, 1905, GI, Carter mss., V.124.

129.
Weigall privately circulated a caricature
See Hankey,
A Passion
, 126, for Weigall’s sketch.

130.
“That is the really bad part”
Maspero to Carter, January 19, 1905, GI, Carter mss., V.148, 25f, quoted in James, Howard Carter, 122.

131.
The American Egyptologist James Breasted reported
Charles Breasted,
Pioneer
, 162.

132.
the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon
Egyptian Gazette
, December 14, 1905, quoted in James,
Howard Carter
, 147.

PART FIVE: A USEFUL MAN

EPIGRAPH

133
“I am off to the races!”
Carnarvon to Newberry, April 23, 1911, GI, Newberry correspondence, 7/90.

CHAPTER 10

136
“mauvaise
[sic]
caractere”
GI, Carter mss., VI.2.1. 136
“Living alone as I do”
Carter to Newberry, October 27, 1911, GI, Newberry mss., I.8/35.

136
“I do so dislike”
Geanie Weigall diary, December 7, 1910-June 14, 1911, held by the Weigall family, quoted in Hankey,
A Passion
, 154.

137
“I worked in the valley”
Lindsley Hall diary, February 7, 1923, MMA Department of Egyptian Art, quoted in Reeves and Taylor,
Howard Carter
, 154.

137
“The man is unbearable”
James,
Howard Carter
, 240.

137
“In the beginning”
Winstone,
Howard Carter
, 310. The remark was repeated to the author by Patricia Leatham, Lady Evelyn’s daughter, in a March 1990 interview.

138
“Friday Evening. I have been feeling”
Carnarvon to Carter, February 23, 1923, MMA Department of Egyptian Art.

139
“Usually when I returned from school”
Henry Herbert Carnarvon, Sixth Earl of,
No Regrets: Memoirs of the Earl of Carnarvon
(London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976), 11.

141
“frankly detested the classics”
Howard Carter and A. C. Mace,
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen, with a Biographical
Sketch of the Late Lord Carnarvon by Lady Burghclere
(New York: Dover Publications, 1977), 10.