We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects.

When Carnarvon asked "can you see anything?" Carter replied with the famous words: "Yes wonderful things. Although only 17 years old he was innovative in improving the methods of copying tomb decoration. All of these discoveries were eagerly covered by the world's press but most of their representatives were kept in their hotels; only H.

Howard Carter (9 May 1874 – 2 March 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist known for discovering the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun.