I found out that yesterday that it was Howard Carter's 138th Birthday on the 9th of May (yesterday, according to the post). I have always enjoyed Egyptology because I remember learning about it in school and it has intrigued me ever since. For those who don't know who Howard Carter is, here is a brief synopsis: Carter was an Egyptologist who was hired by Lord Carnarvon to a dig in Egypt. Carter was famed to be one of the first to find King Tutankhamun (or, the colloquialism of King Tut). I just thought that it was fun to paint this since Carter was the only one out of the expedition who wasn't effected by the Curse of King Tut, so what better way to memorialize the hero than a mummy.
Keep a sharp eye out for my next post.
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