Harry Burton

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Harry Burton (1879–1940) was an English Egyptologist and archaeological photographer. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he is best known for his photographs of excavations in Egypt's Valley of the Kings at the beginning of the 20th century. His most famous photographs may be those he took documenting Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The Times published 142 of these images on February 21, 1923.

He worked for Theodore M. Davis until 1914 and then worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition, often with Herbert E. Winlock. He spent eight years photographing Tutankhamun's tomb and its artefacts. Burton experimented with documentary film recording in the 1920s, including several hours documenting the Tutankhamun excavation.

In 2001, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a special exhibition focusing on Burton: The Pharaoh's Photographer: Harry Burton, Tutankhamun, and the Metropolitan's Egyptian Expedition. Beginning May 26, 2006, the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute began an exhibit of Burton's Tutankhamun photographs called Wonderful Things! The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamu: The Harry Burton Photographs