Harry Burton (Egyptologist)

Harry Burton
Burton outside an Egyptian tomb, 1923
Born(1879-09-13)13 September 1879
Died27 June 1940(1940-06-27) (aged 60)
Asyut, Egypt
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Photographer and Egyptologist
Known forArchaeological photography, notably of Tutankhamun's tomb
Spouse(s)Minnie Catherine née Duckett, (married 1914)
ChildrenNone

Harry Burton (13 September 1879 – 27 June 1940) was an English archaeological photographer, best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.[1] Today, he is sometimes referred to as an Egyptologist, since he worked for the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for around 25 years, from 1915 until his death. His most famous photographs are the estimated 3,400 or more images that he took documenting Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb from 1922 to 1932.[2]

  1. ^ Dawson, Uphill & Bierbrier 1995, pp. 75–76.
  2. ^ Riggs, Christina (2019). Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive. London: Bloomsbury. p. 86. ISBN 9781350038516.