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George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

1866–1923

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon was a British aristocrat and financial backer of archaeological work in Egypt. His partnership with Howard Carter led to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, an event that transformed public interest in Egyptology.

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon also held the offices or ranks of member of the House of Lords. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon was born in Highclere Castle and died in Cairo.

In Elizabeth PetersTomb of the Golden Bird, in 1922, Emerson remains convinced that Tutankhamun’s tomb lies in the Valley of the Kings, but the excavation rights belong to Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. In Christian Jacq’s The Tutankhamun Affair, The novel follows the early twentieth-century search for Tutankhamun’s tomb, focusing on Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon as they pursue the hidden burial of a little-known pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings.

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Amelia Peabody in Order

by Elizabeth Peters 20 books 4.4(45,607)

The Amelia Peabody mysteries follow an independent Victorian traveller who becomes an Egyptologist, detective and member of a formidable archaeological family. Beginning in 1884 and continuing through the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the novels combine excavation, antiquities crime, murder and imperial politics with the changing relationships…

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