Lord Carnarvon
He backed Howard Carter's excavations. This topic is part of Archaeology within History. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Lord Carnarvon trivia questions
Lord Carnarvon is famous for financing the discovery of whose tomb?
Answer: Tutankhamun
Bonus fact: He backed Howard Carter's excavations.
Who was the archaeologist Lord Carnarvon sponsored?
Answer: Howard Carter
Bonus fact: Their partnership led to the 1922 discovery.
Lord Carnarvon's death helped fuel stories about what?
Answer: Curse of the Pharaohs
Bonus fact: Newspapers sensationalized a supposed curse linked to the tomb.
Who financed Howard Carter's search for Tutankhamun's tomb?
Answer: Lord Carnarvon
Bonus fact: Carnarvon backed Carter's excavation for years.
Which sponsor's death helped fuel the curse legend?
Answer: Lord Carnarvon
Bonus fact: Carnarvon died in 1923 after an infected mosquito bite.