- Born
- Died
- Howard Carter was born on May 9, 1874 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He died on March 2, 1939 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Did not believe in the mummy's curse.
- Led the expedition to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt in 1922 on the last dig to be funded by Lord Carnarvon due to lack of any substantial finds, when a water boy with the excavation team stumbled on a stone which Carter found to be a stairway leading down to the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb, which stands as one of the most well-preserved Ancient Egyptian tombs to be discovered.
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