Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon-- who found his tomb-- share many parallels. Brian Fagan's artful narrative weaves these two lives together, showing how archaeological information can effectively tell the story of real lives of people in the past.

A Valley of Pharaohs; Discoveries of a Self-Made Man; Effective for the Aten; A Gambler with Enthusiasms; Tutankhamun the Justified; "The Records of the Past Are Not Ours to Play With"; Restorer of Amun; The Search Narrows; Death of a Pharaoh; "I Have Got Tutankhamun!"; Aftermath; "Let Me Tell You a Tale" A Chapter for Archaeologists;