John Player and Sons, Egyptian Kings and Queens and Classical Deities, 1914 Queen Cleopatra Venus Andromeda Neptune Cigarette Cards

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Howard Carter, the famous Egyptologist, started his search for the tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1914.After several years of fruitless searching his backer, Lord Carnarvon, threatened to pull out.
Carnarvon gave Carter one more season of funding to find the elusive tomb of priceless treasures.On 4 November 1922, Carter's water carrier found the steps leading to Tutankhamun's tomb,by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings.
This great event captured the public's imagination. This blog features a set of cards of ancient Egyptian kings and queens that was issued in 1912, a couple of years before Carter commenced his initial search in the Valley of the Kings.

John Player and Sons, Egyptian Kings and Queens and Classical Deities, 1912 (50 cards)

Includes:Queen Maker,Queen Aahmes,Amenophis III,Queen Amenophis,King Rameses III,Queen Amenartas,Queen Hatshepset,King Seti I,Queen Cleopatra,Princess Nefert,Queen Arinoe II,Thothmes III,Diana,Jupiter,Mars,Bacchus,Pan,June,Neptune,Clytie,Minerva,Mercury,Ajax,Venus, Andromeda

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