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Author of FIVE BOOKS featuring the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle William Cross will talk on Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter of Tutankhamun Fame and will
include a new appraisal of the Tutankhamun treasures discovered in 1922.
William Cross, FSA Scot, biographer of Almina, 5th Countess of Carnarvon on Tutankhamun fame and several other books on the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle and author of Lordy! Tutankhamun's Patron As A Young Man takes look at Lord George Carnarvon and Howard Carter the men behind the great discovery of the Tomb of Tutankamun and appraises the treasures found by them in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. The talk will include reference to the latest news from Luxor on the claims of Dr Nicholas Reeves about hidden tombs inside the tomb of the Boy King
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16 February 2016 at 2:00 pm |
Duration: | 2 hours |
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Newbridge U3A |
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William Cross, FSA Scot |
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U3A membership |
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Contact Secretary of U3A Newbridge |
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This is a members-only event U3A Members and Guests |
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William Cross, FSA Scot is a writer and lecturer based in Newport, South Wales. He is the author of FIVE BOOKS on the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle, the backdrop to TV's Downton Abbey. He is currently working on a new book " Carnarvon, Carter and Tutankhamun Revisited: The hidden truths and doomed relationships" This will be published in November 2016 |
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