Carnarvon
Americannoun
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As Carter peeked through a crack in the tomb’s sealed door, his exchange with Carnarvon ranks as one of the most famous in all archaeology: “ ‘Can you see anything?’
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Nearly 20 new species have now been described with the help of specimens collected on the 2022 voyage, including the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus announced earlier in 2025.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
However, the luck of Lord Carnarvon ran out in early 1923.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2022
Carter waited to open the door until his benefactor George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth earl of Carnarvon, who had funded his work in the valley for all those years, could travel to the site.
From Scientific American • Nov. 4, 2022
On the day following the dream he mentioned it to Lord Carnarvon, and on the evening of that day Lord Carnarvon handed him a telegram announcing the elder Prince's death.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles
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