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English: Howard Carter, with magnifying glass, leaning over mummy of King Tutankhamen as the first incision was made in the mummy wrappings. Note: the Library of Congress dates this photo to February 1926, but according to Carter's journals, he exposed the mummy on 28 October 1925.
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Douglas Derry makes the first incision in the examination of Tutankhamun's mummy, observed by several others including Pierre Lacau (far left), Carter (with magnifying glass) and Saleh Bey Hamdi (far right).

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