Archaeologist Howard Carter's Google doodle: 10 things to know:

Doodles from Google are not something new, but the homage, these doodles pay to yesteryear artists, denotes a huge honour, and hence are of utmost importance. People, who have been forgotten, are remembered once again through these doodles.
Today's Google doodle pays homage to an English archaeologist and Egyptologist Horward Carter, who is noted as a discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Here are the top 10 things that you must know about the doodle and the man behind it - Howard Carter.
1. With a view to mark the 138th birth anniversary of Horward Carter, Google today replaced its usual Google logo with a doodle that includes a wide array of Egyptian treasures that cover the term 'Google' and makes it barely visible.

2. Howard's important contribution to his field of archaeology was the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, who was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.
3. Howard Cartern was born on May 9, 1874 in London, and at the age of 17, he was sent out by the Egypt Exploration Fund to help Percy Newberry in the excavation and recording of Middle Kingdom tombs at Beni Hasan.
4. Even at the young age he was innovative in improving the methods of copying tomb decoration.
5. In 1899, Howard was appointed the first chief inspector of the Egyptian Antiquities Service (EAS). Cartor monitored scores of excavation.