09/05/2012 by Stan Schroeder on Mashable
oday’s (barely recognizable) Google Doodle is filled with motifs from ancient Egypt in honor of archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter, best known for discovering the tomb of 14th-century BC pharaoh Tutankhamun.
Carter was born on May 9, 1874 in London, to a family of artists. When he was seventeen he assisted Percy Newberry in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan, starting a career path which in 1899 led him to become the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS).
Carter was employed by Lord Carnarvon to supervise his excavations from 1907, and after many years of searching (interrupted by the first world war), in November 1922 Carter’s excavation group found the Tutankhamun’s tomb, one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever.
Carter died of a natural cause (cancer) in 1939, which largely refuted the widely publicized idea that anyone who enters Tutankhamun’s tomb would be placed under a curse.
Each package gets larger with a mouse-over, and a click on it returns search results pertinent to a specific country or the particular items featured in a scene. This one is from December 24, 2010.
The Google Doodle team stars in an homage to the silent film era's greatest star's 122nd birthday, April 15, 2011.
This one's done in HTML5 and was published Sept. 7, 2010. To get the full effect, here's one you can interact with.
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Debuting May 10, 2011, this Google Doodle marks dance choreographer Martha Graham's birthday.
Commemorated the birthday of the inventor of the Bunsen burner, German chemist Robert Bunsen on March 31, 2011.
The great inventor's birthday was honored on February 11, 2011.
Marking Independence Day 2010.
A real crowd pleaser was this playable Pac-Man game, which appeared on May 21. 2010. Here's a Google playable version.
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