The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun
Margaret Mountford travels to Egypt's Valley of the Kings to investigate the story of British photographer Harry Burton, whose images of the Tutankhamun excavation in the 1920s created a global sensation. In addition to exploring the locations where Burton worked, the presenter also reveals how the images led to a craze in Egyptian designs, and how present-day photographers, such as Harry Cory Wright, are still influenced by his boundary-pushing work today
The Man Who Shot Tutankhamun airs on BBC Four at 2:55 AM, Wednesday 22 January. (Subtitles, sign language, audio description.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Archaeology
Margaret Mountford
Presenter
Liam McNamara
Contributor
Francisco Bosch-Puche
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