Ramy Nawar
Monday, May 08, 2023 10:32 PM
Al-Youm Al-Sabea TV achieved an exclusive interview with George Herbert, the grandson of Lord Carnavon, who funded the search for Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years ago, which is his first interview with the Arab and Egyptian media.
George Herbert, the grandson of Lord Carnavon, financier of the search for the tomb of Tutankhamun, said, during the meeting prepared by Rami Nawar and presented by Ahmed Al-Adl, that his grandfather, Lord Carnavon, was a great traveler throughout his life, he toured all of Europe, and went by boat to Argentina, but he wanted to discover more. About the antiquities and those beautiful holdings, so he first went to Cairo in 1906 and obtained a permit to dig and excavate for antiquities, and he began digging in very distinguished sites in Luxor, and this was his beginning.
George Herbert, the grandson of Lord Carnavon, who financed the search for Tutankhamun’s tomb, revealed important details about his grandfather’s first discoveries, saying: “The truth is that everything my grandfather found in his first year in Egypt was a mummy of a cat, and some people told him Lord Carnavon, did you spend all this?” Time, these expenses, and in the end you find a cat.. Don’t you want to stand up and not complete what you’re doing.. He said, No.. I feel very excited to continue.
Watch the meeting in English
2023-05-08 19:32:00
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