Editing Howard Carter (section)

==In popular culture==
Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb revived popular interest in Ancient Egypt – '[[Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination|Egyptomania]]' – and created "Tutmania", which influenced popular song and fashion.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=2}} Carter used this heightened interest to promote his books on the discovery and his lecture tours in Britain, America and Europe.{{sfn|Cross|2006|p=92}} While interest had waned by the mid-1930s,{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=324}} from the early 1970s [[Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun#The Treasures of Tutankhamun (1972–1981)|touring exhibitions of the tomb's artefacts]] led to a sustained rise in popularity. This has been reflected in TV dramas, films and books, with Carter's quest and discovery of the tomb portrayed with varying levels of accuracy.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=viii}}

One common element in popular representations of the excavation is the idea of a '[[Curse of the pharaohs|curse]]'. Carter consistently dismissed the suggestion as [[Wiktionary:tommyrot|'tommy-rot']], commenting that "the sentiment of the Egyptologist ... is not one of fear, but of respect and awe ... entirely opposed to foolish superstitions".{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=326}}

===Dramas===
Carter has been portrayed or referred to in many film, television and radio productions:<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/character/ch0034196/|title=Howard Carter (Character)|publisher=[[IMDb.com]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108072034/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0034196/|archive-date=8 November 2017}}</ref>
*In the [[BBC Radio]] play ''The Tomb of Tutankhamen'', written by [[Leonard Cottrell]] and first broadcast in 1949, he is voiced by [[Jack Hawkins]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Times, 27 Feb–5 Mar 1949| date =3 March 1949| page =24|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0c5e97adc67403f8159c7f022576691|publisher=[[BBC Genome Project]]|access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref> 
*In the [[Columbia Pictures Television]] film ''[[The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 film)|The Curse of King Tut's Tomb]]'' (1980), he is portrayed by [[Robin Ellis]].
*In the 1981 film ''[[Sphinx (film)|Sphinx]]'', he is portrayed by [[Mark Kingston]].
*In [[George Lucas]]'s TV films ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles|Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles|Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye]]'' (1995), he is portrayed by [[Pip Torrens]].
*In the [[IMAX]] documentary ''[[Mysteries of Egypt]]'' (1998), he is portrayed by Timothy Davies.
*In the made-for-TV film ''The Tutankhamun Conspiracy'' (2001), he is portrayed by [[Giles Watling]].
*In an episode of 2005 [[BBC]] docudrama ''[[Egypt (TV series)|Egypt]]'', he is portrayed by [[Stuart Graham (actor)|Stuart Graham]].
*He was portrayed in the 2008 [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] Radio Drama [[Forty-five (audio drama)|Forty-five]], a title in the [[Doctor Who]] range, voiced by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]].<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-forty-five-281 Doctor Who: Forty-Five]</ref>
*As the main character in 2016 [[ITV Studios|ITV]] miniseries ''[[Tutankhamun (miniseries)|Tutankhamun]]'', portrayed by [[Max Irons]].

===Literature===
*He is referenced in [[Hergé]]'s volume 13 of ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'': ''[[The Seven Crystal Balls]]'' (1948).<ref>{{cite book|author= Hergé|author-link= Hergé|series=[[The Adventures of Tintin]]|volume=13|title= [[The Seven Crystal Balls]]|date=1944|publisher= [[Le Soir]]|isbn=2-203-00112-7}}</ref>
*He is parodied in the 1979 book ''Motel of the Mysteries'' by [[David Macaulay]], with a character in the book named Howard Carson.<ref>[http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst140/MotelOfMysteries.html ''Motel of the Mysteries'', by David Macauley.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215034203/http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst140/MotelOfMysteries.html |date=15 February 2017 }} Retrieved 13 January 2017.</ref>
*He is a key character in [[Christian Jacq]]'s 1992 book ''The Tutankhamun Affair''.<ref>[http://weread.com/book/0671028553/Tutankamun+Affair/BOK-14195786-1 ''The Tutankhamun Affair''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927183524/http://weread.com/book/0671028553/Tutankamun+Affair/BOK-14195786-1 |date=27 September 2013}} Retrieved 23 May 2009.</ref>
*[[James Patterson]] and [[Martin Dugard (author)|Martin Dugard]]'s 2010 book ''The Murder of King Tut'' focuses on Carter's search for King Tut's tomb.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=James |author1-link=James Patterson |last2=Dugard |first2=Martin |author2-link=Martin Dugard (author) |title=The Murder of King Tut |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-446-53977-7}}</ref>
*He appears as a main character in [[Muhammad Al-Mansi Qindeel]]'s 2010 novel ''A Cloudy Day on the West Side''.<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1135233.html Book reviews] Retrieved 17 March 2010.</ref>
*In Laura Lee Guhrke's 2011 historical romance novel ''Wedding of the Season'', Carter's telegram to the fictional British Egyptologist, the Duke of Sunderland, reports discovering "steps to a new tomb" and creates a climactic conflict.<ref>{{cite book|author=Guhrke, Laura Lee|title=Wedding of the Season|date=2011|publisher=[[Avon Books]]|isbn=978-0-06-196315-5|url=https://archive.org/details/weddingofseasona00guhr}}</ref>
*He is referenced in [[Sally Beauman]]'s 2014 novel ''The Visitors'', a re-creation of the hunt for Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Visitors-Sally-Beauman/dp/0751551678 The Visitors] Retrieved 20 March 2015.</ref>
*He is a main character in [[:de:Philipp Vandenberg|Philipp Vandenberg]]'s 2001 German-language book ''Der König von Luxor'' (The King Of Luxor).<ref>{{cite book|last=Vandenberg|first=Philipp|title=Der König von Luxor |url=https://www.histo-couch.de/titel/114-der-koenig-von-luxor|publisher=Luebbe Verlagsgruppe|year=2001|isbn=978-3404265992}}</ref>
*He is a recurring figure in the 1975–2010 [[Amelia Peabody series]], written by [[Barbara Mertz]] under the pseudonym Elizabeth Peters. He appears in many of the books, and numbers among the Emersons' circle of friends. In ''[[The Ape Who Guards the Balance]]'', for example, he joins them for Christmas dinner shortly after his loss of work for Theodore Davis and his resignation related to the Saqqara Affair, mentioned above.<ref>{{cite book |last=Peters |first=Elizabeth |title=The Ape Who Guards the Balance |publisher=William Morrow |year=1998 |edition=Audiobook}}</ref>
* [[Emma Carroll]]'s 2018 novel ''Secrets of a Sun King'' depicts Carter as the primary antagonist in a fictional retelling of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. A group of children, in possession of a mysterious jar, seek to return it to its original resting place following a series of troubling consequences.<ref>{{cite book |last=Carroll |first=Emma |title=Secrets of a Sun King |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2018 |edition=Paperback}}</ref>

===Other===
*A paraphrased extract from Carter's diary of 26 November 1922 is used as the [[plaintext]] for Part 3 of the encrypted ''[[Kryptos]]'' sculpture at the [[CIA]] Headquarters in [[Langley, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Redmond|first1=J.|last2=Ensor|first2=D.|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/19/cracking.the.code/index.html|title=Cracking the code: Mysterious 'Kryptos' sculpture challenges CIA employees|publisher=CNN|date=19 June 2005}}</ref>
*On 9 May 2012, [[Google]] commemorated Carter's 138th birthday with a [[Google doodle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://doodles.google/doodle/howard-carters-138th-birthday/ |access-date=10 August 2015 |title=Howard Carter's 138th Birthday |date=9 May 2012 |work=[[Google Doodle]] }}</ref>
*In 2019, the great-niece of Howard Carter opened a bistro in the town of [[Swaffham]], the town in which Carter spent most of his childhood. The bistro has a collection of Egyptian artefacts and a collection of Carter's work, it also bears the name of Carter's discovery, [[Tutankhamun]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wattonandswaffhamtimes.co.uk/news/21588765.great-niece-man-discovered-tutankhamuns-tomb-serves-egyptian-food-new-restaurant/ | title=Great-niece of man who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb serves up Egyptian food at new restaurant | date=26 September 2019 }}</ref>