Editing Howard Carter (section)

==Death==
Carter died from [[Hodgkin's disease]] aged 64 at his London flat at 49 Albert Court, next to the [[Royal Albert Hall]], on 2 March 1939.{{sfn|James|2000|pp=454–455}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0509.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Howard Carter, 64, Egyptologist, Dies}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=From ''The Guardian'' archives – Egyptologist Howard Carter dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/05/egyptologist-howard-carter-dies-archive-1939 |access-date=11 January 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>{{sfn|Reeves|Taylor|1992|p=180}} He was buried in [[Putney Vale Cemetery]] in London on 6 March, nine people attending his funeral.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|pp=326–327}}

His love for Egypt remained strong; the epitaph on his gravestone reads: "May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you who love Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding happiness", a quotation taken from the [[Lotus chalice|Wishing Cup of Tutankhamun]],{{sfn|Reeves|Taylor|1992|p=188}} and "O night, spread thy wings over me as the imperishable stars".<ref>cf the prayer to the Goddess Nut found on the lids of New Kingdom coffins: "O my mother [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]], spread yourself over me, so that I may be placed among the imperishable stars and may never die.{{cite web|title=Text From Egypt Centre Trail: Reflections Of Women In Ancient Egypt|url=http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/events/womentext.htm|year=2001|access-date=28 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611055339/http://www.swan.ac.uk/egypt/events/womentext.htm|archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref>

[[Probate]] was granted on 5 July 1939 to Egyptologist [[Harry Burton (Egyptologist)|Henry Burton]] and to publisher [[Bruce Ingram|Bruce Sterling Ingram]]. Carter is described as Howard Carter of Luxor, Upper Egypt, Africa, and of 49 Albert Court, Kensington Grove, [[Kensington]], London. His estate was valued at £2,002 ({{Inflation|UK|2002|1939|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}). The second grant of Probate was issued in Cairo on 1 September 1939.<ref>[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=carter&yearOfDeath=1939&page=5#calendar probatesearch.service.gov.uk] Retrieved 2 March 2018.</ref> In his role as executor, Burton identified at least 18 items in Carter's antiquities collection that had been taken from Tutankhamun's tomb without authorisation. As this was a sensitive matter that could affect Anglo-Egyptian relations, Burton sought wider advice, finally recommending that the items be discreetly presented or sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with most eventually going either there or to the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|pp=328–330}} The Metropolitan Museum items were later returned to Egypt.{{sfn|Hawass|2018|p=23}}
[[File:Howard Carter 19 Collingham Gardens blue plaque.jpg|thumb|[[Blue plaque]], 19 [[Collingham Gardens]], Kensington, London]]