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“...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things.”
― The Tomb of Tutankhamen
― The Tomb of Tutankhamen
“Among all that regal splendour, that royal magnificence - everywhere the glint of gold - there was nothing so beautiful as those few withered flowers, still retaining their tinge of colour. They told us what a short period three thousand three hundred years really was - but Yesterday and the Morrow. In fact, that little touch of nature made that ancient and our modern civilization kin.”
― The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen: Vol. 2 The Burial Chamber
― The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen: Vol. 2 The Burial Chamber
“For the moment – an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by – I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand in suspense any longer, inquired anxiously "Can you see anything?", it was all I could do to get out the words "Yes, wonderful things”.”
― The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
― The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen
