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The Pharaoh's Photographer: Harry Burton, Tutankhamun, and the Metropolitan's Egyptian Expedition
From september 11 to december 30 2001
Archæology
Photography
Harry Burton (1879–1940) was a great archaeological photographer, he was hired by the Metropolitan to make a photographic record of ancient Egypt. Some 60 photographs taken between 1906 and 1939 are on display.