Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
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Of Time, Tombs and Treasures is a 1977 short documentary film
about the discovery the Tomb of the Tutankamun
. Produced by James R. Messenger, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
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Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the discovery the Tomb of the Tutankamun
KV62
KV62 is the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings , which became famous for the wealth of treasure it contained. The tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter, underneath the remains of workmen's huts built during the Ramesside Period; this explains why it was spared from the worst of...
. Produced by James R. Messenger, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short
Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Oscar together with the other nominations for best documentary short subject. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year.-1940s:*1941...
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