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| The Egyptian mud-brick house of British archaeologist Howard Carter has been reopened as a museum. | The Egyptian mud-brick house of British archaeologist Howard Carter has been reopened as a museum. |
| Carter was living in the house 87 years ago when he made his most famous discovery, the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. | |
| He had been employed by collector Lord Carnarvon to search for the tomb of the then relatively unknown pharaoh. | |
| The museum displays tools he used in excavations and a collection of photographs of him at work. | The museum displays tools he used in excavations and a collection of photographs of him at work. |
| It was in November 1922 that the archaeologist made his extraordinary find. | |
| It proved to be the most intact and best preserved tomb ever discovered in the Valley of the Kings. | |
| It was packed with thousands of treasures - including the boy king's golden burial mask. | It was packed with thousands of treasures - including the boy king's golden burial mask. |
| Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities said it had decided to renovate the house and turn it into a museum to satisfy visitors' continuing fascination with Carter and to celebrate his contribution to Egyptology. |