Picture No | 10222597 |
Date | 1922 |
Description | George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon |
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George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866 - 1923). Lord Carnarvon was the wealthy, English amateur egyptologist who financed Howard Carter's excavations in the Valley of the Kings in 1922-3. He was one of the first people to enter Tutankhamen's tomb.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 14 April 1923. page 597. By F.J. Mortimer. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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