King Tut
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The discovery of the wonderful tomb of Tutankhamen was a long, hard process made by brilliant discoverers of their time. Lord Carnarvon was a very wealthy man who came from an immensely rich family. He always had a good reputation of a person who surrounded himself with social activities such as elegant parties and had a very high sense of class. When he finally got permission to search for Tutankhamen's tomb all over Egypt, a friend of his, Maspero, recommended Howard Carter, a man with a complete opposite background and personality from himself. Carter was a struggling explorer at the time but many people such as Maspero had faith in his brilliant mind and hard work. "When Carnarvon applied to Maspero for permission to excavate, Maspero saw a chance to help the impoverished Carter. He suggested that Carnarvon employ Carter.(1)" Carter came from a hard-working middle class family that had a "no-nonsense" way towards life. He was a hard worker who lacked in social skills and had little charm in his personality. He was also known as a bachelor and a loner with no social life...