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Author of SIX BOOKS featuring Howard Carter and the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle William Cross will talk on Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter and Tutankhamun and will include a new appraisal of the Tutankhamun treasures discovered in 1922 and the three immortal figures behind the story
William Cross, FSA Scot, biographer of Almina, 5th Countess of Carnarvon of 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 and the forthcoming exhibition in London in the autumn of 2019 of the last tour of the exhibits from Egypt before their final resting place in a new museum at Giza.
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9 April 2019 at 10:30 am |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Cwmbran Probus Club |
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William Cross, FSA Scot |
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William Cross, FSA Scot is a writer and lecturer based in Newport, South Wales. He is the author of SIX BOOKS on the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle, the backdrop to TV's Downton Abbey. He has a new and controversial book " Carnarvon, Carter and Tutankhamun Revisited: The hidden truths and doomed relationships" The book was published on 20 October 2016. Copies direct from the Author or via AMAZON or e-bay. track lectures similar to this one |
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