1st Edition

Lord and Pharaoh Carnarvon and the Search for Tutankhamun

By Brian Fagan Copyright 2015
183 Pages
by Routledge

183 Pages
by Routledge

Both born to power and wealth, and raised by courtiers, they lived lives of aristocrats and landowners, in poor health and with uncertain futures. Though they lived over 3000 years apart, the lives of Egyptian King Tutankhamun and the fifth Lord Carnarvon share many parallels, not the least of which was Carnarvon’s sponsorship of the team that found the pharaoh’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.... Read more
A Valley of Pharaohs; Discoveries of a Self-Made Man; Effective for the Aten; A Gambler with Enthusiasms; Tutankhamun the Justified; “The Records of the Past Are Not Ours to Play With”; Restorer of Amun; The Search Narrows; Death of a Pharaoh; “I Have Got Tutankhamun!”; Aftermath; “Let Me Tell You a Tale” A Chapter for Archaeologists;

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Brian Fagan