Wednesday 9 May 2012

Howard Carter's 138th Birthday - Google Doodle May 09, 2012

Google doodle May 09, 2012
Theme : Howard Carter's 138th birthday.
Available in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, ect.

GOOGLE logo shaped Howard Carter was standing looking at objects such as mummies, jars, boxes, ancient ceramics, etc.

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun.


Carter's house in the Theban Necropolis

Tomb of Tutankhamun

Biography of Howard Carter



Born              9 May 1874
                      Kensington, London
Died               2 March 1939 (aged 64)
                      Kensington, London
Nationality      British
Fields             Archaeologist and Egyptologist
Known for      Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun

via wikipedia.