George Herbert

Presently, details of the room emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues in gold, everywhere the glint of gold.

For the moment, an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by, I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand in suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, Can you see anything? It was all I could do to get out the words, Yes, wonderful things.

And that entry was from Carter's diary on November 26th, 1922.

I could not find confirmation that tent stitch was used to decorate the tunics and other textiles found in this tomb.

Right.

When archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut's intact tomb in 1922, the financial backer of the expedition, Lord Carnarvon, died a few months later.

Which sparked a frenzy.

The global press went wild.

They claimed it was a supernatural mummy's curse that killed him.

And rumors spread that the lights in Cairo mysteriously flickered out the exact moment he died.

But if you actually look at the medical records, Lord Carnarvon didn't die from a magical hex.

No, he didn't.

The Tomb of Tutankhamun.

Discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter.

By Howard Carter and A.C. Mace.

Volume 1.

Dedication.

With the full sympathy of my collaborator, Mr. Mace, I dedicate this account of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun to the memory of my beloved friend and colleague, Lord Carnarvon, who died in the hour of his triumph.

But for his untiring generosity and constant encouragement, our labours could never have been crowned with success.

His judgment in ancient art has rarely been equalled.

He was absolutely obsessed with finding King Tut's lost tomb.

He was searching the Valley of the Kings, funded by a wealthy man named Lord Carnarvon.

Digging in the desert sounds really hot.

[laughs] Miserably hot.

I'd be sweating buckets.

Carter's team dug for years, moving thousands of tons of sand, but found almost nothing.

By 1922, Lord Carnarvon was ready to quit.

Oh, no.