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Massimo Bacigalupo *
lentamente e accuratamente fotografando
tutti gli innumerevoli oggetti
di uso quotidiano e rituale accatastati
e perfettamente conservati
nei piccoli ambienti (la tomba fu infatti
preparata in fretta, data la
morte precoce di Tut a circa 19 anni).
Solo il 17 febbraio 1923 fu aperta
la camera tombale, alla presenza
di autorità e giornalisti.
*Regista, saggista e critico letterario, esperto in
poesia inglese e americana fra '800 e '900, vive
a Rapallo. Tra le sue opere il saggio L'ultimo
Pound (1981 - Premio Viareggio Saggistica
Opera Prima) e la sua traduzione di Il preludio di
William Wordsworth (1990 - Premio Città di
Monselice). Ha curato nuove edizioni italiane di
Melville, Dickinson, Eliot e altri.
He is a director, an essayist, and a literary critic,
as well as an expert in English and American
poetry of the 1800s and 1900s. He lives on the
Riviera in Rapallo. He has written an essay,
L'ultimo Pound (which won the 1981 Premio
Viareggio), and a translation of the prelude of
William Wordsworth (which won the 1990
Premio Città di Monselice). He has edited the
new Italian editions of Melville, Dickinson, Eliot,
and others.
unknown. Carter was not even sure
if it really was the tomb he was
seeking. He closed off everything,
placed guards, and telegraphed
Carnarvon, who after a few weeks
arrived with his daughter, Evelyn.
On November 26 his hopes were
confirmed, the tomb truly belonged
to the pharaoh, and work proceeded
slowly and accurately,
photographing all of the countless
objects of daily and ritual use that
were piled up, perfectly preserved,
in the small antechamber. (The
tomb had been quickly prepared,
since Tutankhamen had died at
around 19 years of age.) Only on
February 17, 1923 was the burial
chamber opened, in the presence of
the authorities and journalists.
When he opened a spy-hole,
Carter perceived – the first man in
three thousand years to see the
contents with his eyes – what
appeared to be a wall of massive
gold. It was the side of the first of
four small wood temples that
contained the sarcophagus.
Entering, he saw in a neighboring
blue
storie
stories blue
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