Unofficial opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun mb-artist Emily_Murray_Paterson London engulfed by fire

London engulfed by fire

the man smokes a clay pipe and bangs the base of a pot or saucepan to attract peoples' attention

both of which would outrage a Low Church Anglican bishop

Proposal for a new street and ground landing place

Unofficial opening of the Tomb of Tutankhamun mb-artist Emily_Murray_Paterson London engulfed by fireLord Carnavon (1866 1923) leading the party invited to the unofficial opening of the tomb. A keen egyptologist, Carnarvon was archaeologist Howard Carter's financial backer in his excavations in the Valley of the Kings. The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 was one of the most astounding discoveries in archaeology. Tutankhamun was a previously unknown pharaoh whose name had been eradicated from historical records by one of his successors because