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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of ...
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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An unusual A.L.S. by a John Waterworth, one page, slim 4to, Chicago, Illinois, n.d. (c.1923/33), to Howard Carter. Waterworth writes having read The Tomb of Tutankhamun and informs Carter that the meaning of a symbol he stated was unknown is in fact a phallic symbol, 'I have hesitated in writing to you, and apologise for doing so now - for fear it may be construed as a vain, glorious and shallow attempt to inform. But believing that there is a possibility of there being an actual doubt, have ventured this note. You find the same symbol in the key or ankh of Osiris....'. Waterworth has also illustrated the letter with drawings of the symbols that he refers to. Some light creasing and one minor stain to the right edge, not affecting the text or signature, G
