King Tut's Tomb

Start-to-Finish: Gold The Start-to-Finish Gold collection is a high-interest considerate reading series designed to promote independent reading for struggling readers aged 9 to 17 years but reading at the 2nd-3rd grade level. Each set consist of a paperback book, a computer CD ROM book, an audio book and a teacher's guide. NOTE: A portable USB DVD writer is available for loan if your computer system does not have a CD/DVD drive. In 1922, an archeologist named Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. The result was a worldwide frenzy over King Tut, and later an endless stream of excitement about supposed curses of the mummies. Eighty years later, still very little is known about Tutankhamun, but a lot is known about the exciting story that led to his exhumation. The discovery of King Tut’s Tomb was an amazing and dramatic event in the history of archeology. This book tells the story of Howard Carter’s career, beginning with his youthful excitement about ancient Egypt and continuing on through the moment when he finally opened the solid-gold coffin and saw the amazing golden mask of Egypt’s boy king pharaoh.