... grew in the birds' manure. When the dried manure was disturbed, the dust was inhaled and the fungus caused a lung and general infection, histoplasmosis. These events also prompt the author to recall the so-called curse that was believed to be responsible for the death of Lord Carnarvon following...

.... That Government is the Government of Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Carter Limited. Does anybody dare to dispute it within the boundaries of that Valley? . . . The Carnarvon Government permits and explains, and prevents and grants, it invites the Ministers of Egypt, out of courtesy and generosity, to see the Kings...

...The first section of the book chronicles Howard Carter’s early life and his search, with Lord Carnarvon, for Tutankhamun’s tomb. It shows what treasures were discovered and their significance. The second section reviews the past one hundred years of Tutankhamun research and what was learned from...

... in consolidating its interests throughout the Southern African region. These developments, which included the ‘mineral revolution’ through the discovery of diamond fields and gold fields, and Lord Carnarvon's federation scheme of 1870, together reshaped the political geography of South Africa within three decades...

... for sailing to England, the bite became infected, and on April 5, 1923, Lord Carnarvon died. It was a terrible loss in several ways. For Lady Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn it was a family tragedy. For Carter it was the loss of a patron and friend who had been a great help to him in navigating personal...

... Francis Britain Herbert Lady Mary Louis XIV King of France Spain Arthur and Crean bank of Crozat Antoine Prior Thomas Spanish Succession War of Chandos Duke of James Brydges Lord Carnarvon Chetwynd William Kamen Henry Neville Colonel Stahremberg Field‐Marshal Stanhope Charles Anne Queen...

... to defeat a government led from that house by Lord Salisbury. Salisbury's Irish secretary Lord Carnarvon was sympathetic to Home Rule and gave Parnell misleading signals about how warm the government would be to it. That Salisbury might have enacted Home Rule is no more absurd than for Disraeli to have...

... on to describe his work for a wealthy American named Theodore Davis in the Valley of the Kings. Finally, it discusses his partnership and eventual friendship with Lord Carnarvon and their quest to discover the missing tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun. At the bottom of the steps was a doorway that when...