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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
Apr 1, 2024 · George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th earl of Carnarvon (born June 26, 1866, Highclere Castle, Berkshire, Eng.—died April 5, 1923, Cairo) was a British Egyptologist who was the patron and associate of archaeologist Howard Carter in the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (June 26, 1866 – April 5, 1923) was an English aristocrat and an amateur archaeologist. Having received no formal training, Lord Carnarvon was not able to conduct his own archaeological excavations with any success.
Jun 26, 2019 · George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earrl of Carnarvon, was born on June 26, 1866 and inherited the title and the estate in 1890. Like the fictional 7th Lord Grantham (and a...
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was an English Peer best known for financing the search for and later the excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb. He was the eldest son of Tory statesman, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon. Around the age of 35, he had a car accident, which left him partially disabled.
Jun 7, 2003 · 5 months after Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamen, his benefactor, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth Earl of Carnarvon, aged 57, died. His sudden death within weeks of the tomb's official opening, coupled with the fertile imagination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, lead to speculations of a curse.
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert Carnarvon, 5th earl of (kärnär´vən), 1866–1923, English Egyptologist. With Howard Carter he excavated in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, from 1906 to 1922. He funded this research. The final and most famous of their discoveries was the tomb of Tutankhamen.
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