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sexta-feira, abril 05, 2024

O quinto Conde de Carnarvon morreu há cento e um anos...


George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (Mayfair, London, 26 June 1866 – Cairo, 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.

Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.
  
     
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology
    
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
   
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.
   

sábado, março 02, 2024

O arqueólogo Howard Carter morreu há 85 anos...

 
Howard Carter (Kensington, 9 de maio de 1874 - Londres, 2 de março de 1939) foi um arqueólogo e egiptólogo britânico que ficou conhecido por ter descoberto o túmulo do faraó Tutankhamon no Vale dos Reis (datado do século XIV a.C.)

   

  

Biografia

Howard Carter nasceu em Londres, Inglaterra, e era filho de Samuel John Carter, um artista que treinou e desenvolveu os talentos artísticos do filho, e de sua mulher Martha Joyce Sands.

Em 1891, aos 17 anos, foi convidado pelo Fundo de Exploração Egípcia para se tornar assistente de Percy Newberry na escavação e nos registos arqueológicos dos túmulos do Império Médio, encontrados em Beni Haçane. Embora ainda jovem, foi inovador nos métodos de transcrição das decorações dos túmulos. Em 1892, Howard Carter trabalhou sob a tutela de Flinders Petrie, um dos mais importantes arqueólogos britânicos, por uma época em Amarna, a capital fundada pelo faraó Aquenáton. Entre 1894 e 1899 juntou-se à equipa de Édouard Naville em Deir Elbari, onde era responsável por registar os relevos de parede do templo de Hatexepsute.

Em 1899, Carter tornou-se no primeiro inspetor-chefe do Serviço das Antiguidades Egípcias, fundado por Auguste Mariette em 1858. Durante este período, supervisionou várias escavações em Tebas Antiga (também conhecida por Luxor), quando foi transferido em 1904 para a Fiscalização do Baixo Egito. Em 1905 demitiu-se do seu cargo no Serviço das Antiguidades Egípcias, após um inquérito sobre um incidente (conhecido como o Saqqara Affair) que envolveu guardas locais egípcios e um grupo de turistas franceses, no qual ele apoiou os egípcios.

 

Túmulo de Tutancâmon

Em 1907 Carter foi contratado por Lorde Carnarvon para supervisionar as escavações que ele financiava no Egito. Estes trabalhos prosseguiram no Vale dos Reis até 1914, quando precisaram ser interrompidos por causa da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Em 1917, as escavações foram retomadas. Porém, depois de vários anos de buscas infrutíferas, em 1922 Carnarvon avisou Carter de que financiaria apenas mais um ano de pesquisas pela tumba que procurava. 
Em 4 de novembro de 1922, o grupo de escavação de Carter encontrou os degraus que levavam à tumba. Ele então avisou Carnarvon da descoberta e esperou que ele viesse até o local das escavações. Então, em 26 de novembro de 1922, na presença de Lorde Carnarvon, da filha de Carnarvon e de algumas outras pessoas, Howard Carter abriu uma pequena brecha no canto superior esquerdo da porta de entrada, espaço suficiente para que a luz de uma vela pudesse revelar que muitos tesouros de ouro e marfim estavam intactos. Era uma antecâmara, de onde podia se ver uma promissora porta selada, guardada por duas estátuas sentinelas. Quando Carnarvon lhe perguntou se estava vendo alguma coisa, Carter proferiu sua célebre frase: "Yes, wonderful things" ou "Sim, coisas maravilhosas".  

Os meses seguintes foram gastos no inventário de todo o imenso conteúdo desta antecâmara da tumba, sob cuidadosa supervisão das autoridades egípcias, pois apenas em presença delas é que se podia abrir oficialmente uma tumba. O Diretor Geral do Departamento de Antiguidades do Egito, Pierre Lacau supervisionou pessoalmente a atuação da equipe britânica.

Finalmente, em 16 de fevereiro de 1923, Carter pôde abrir a porta selada, descobrindo que ela levava a uma câmara onde o faraó havia sido sepultado. Foi então que descobriram o sarcófago de Tutancâmon. Este túmulo é, de longe, o mais intacto e preservado descoberto em todo o Vale dos Reis, de elevado valor histórico e arqueológico. A imprensa mundial cobriu estes feitos e as reportagens fizeram de Howard Carter uma celebridade.

A exploração do túmulo e a catalogação de seus milhares de objetos prosseguiu até 1932. 

 

Morte

Carter morreu da doença de Hodgkin aos 64 anos em seu apartamento em Londres em 49 Albert Court, ao lado do Royal Albert Hall, em 2 de março de 1939. Ele foi enterrado no Putney Vale Cemetery em Londres, em 6 de março, com nove pessoas comparecendo ao seu funeral.

O seu amor pelo Egito permaneceu forte; o epitáfio em sua lápide diz: "Que seu espírito viva, que você passe milhões de anos, você que ama Tebas, sentado com seu rosto ao vento norte, seus olhos contemplando a felicidade", uma citação tirada do Cálice dos Desejos de Tutancâmon, e "Ó noite, abre tuas asas sobre mim como as estrelas imperecíveis".

O inventário foi concedido em 5 de julho de 1939 ao egiptólogo Henry Burton e ao editor Bruce Sterling Ingram. Carter é descrito como Howard Carter de Luxor, Alto Egito, África, e de 49 Albert Court, Kensington Grove, Kensington, Londres. Seu patrimônio foi avaliado em £ 2 002 (equivalente a £ 132.051 em 2021). A segunda concessão de inventário foi emitida no Cairo em 1 de setembro de 1939. Em seu papel como executor, Burton identificou pelo menos 18 itens na coleção de antiguidades de Carter que haviam sido retirados do túmulo de Tutancâmon sem autorização. Como este era um assunto sensível que poderia afetar as relações anglo-egípcias, Burton procurou conselhos mais amplos, finalmente recomendando que os itens fossem discretamente apresentados ou vendidos para o Metropolitan Museum of Art, com a maioria eventualmente indo para lá ou para o Museu Egípcio no Cairo. Os itens do Metropolitan Museum foram posteriormente devolvidos ao Egito.

     

sexta-feira, fevereiro 16, 2024

A câmara funerária de Tutankhamon foi aberta há cento e um anos...

 

Tutancámon, também conhecido pela grafia Tutankhamon (falecido em 1.324 a.C.), foi um faraó do Antigo Egito que faleceu ainda na adolescência.
Era filho e genro de Aquenáton (o faraó que instituiu o culto de Aton, o deus Sol) e filho de Kiya, uma esposa secundária do seu pai. Casou-se aos 8 anos, provavelmente com a sua meia-irmã, Anchesenamon. Assumiu o trono quando tinha cerca de nove anos, restaurando os antigos cultos aos deuses e os privilégios do clero (principalmente o do deus Amon de Tebas). Morreu, provavelmente, em 1.324 a.C., aos dezanove anos, sem herdeiros - com apenas nove anos de trono - "o que levou especialistas a especularem sobre a hipótese de doenças hereditárias na família real da XVIII dinastia egípcia", na opinião de Zahi Hawass, secretário-geral do Conselho Supremo de Antiguidades do Egito.
Devido ao facto de ter falecido tão novo, o seu túmulo não foi tão sumptuoso quanto o de outros faraós, mas mesmo assim é o que mais fascina a imaginação moderna pois foi uma das raras sepulturas reais encontradas quase intacta. Ao ser aberta, em 1923, ainda continha peças de ouro, tecidos, mobília, armas e textos sagrados que revelam muito sobre o Egito de três milénios atrás.
  
(...)
  
Em novembro de 1922 foi descoberto o túmulo de Tutancámon, resultado dos esforços de Howard Carter e do seu mecenas, o aristocrata Lord Carnarvon. O túmulo encontrava-se inviolado, com exceção da antecâmara onde os ladrões penetraram por duas vezes, talvez pouco tempo depois do funeral do rei, mas por razões pouco claras ficaram-se por ali.
A câmara funerária foi aberta, de forma oficial, no dia 16 de fevereiro de 1923. Estava preenchida por quatro capelas em madeira dourada encaixadas umas nas outras, que protegiam um sarcófago em quartzito de forma retangular, seguindo a tradição da forma dos sarcófagos da XVIII dinastia. Em cada um dos cantos do sarcófago estão representadas as deusas Ísis, Néftis, Neith e Selket. Dentro do sarcófago encontravam-se três caixões antropomórficos, encontrando-se a múmia no último destes caixões; sobre a face a múmia tinha a famosa máscara funerária. Decorados com os símbolos da realeza (a cobra e o abutre, símbolos do Alto e do Baixo Egito, a barba postiça retangular e ceptros reais), o peso dos três caixões totalizava 1375 quilos, sendo o terceiro caixão feito de ouro. Na câmara funerária foram colocadas também três ânforas, estudadas, em 2004 e 2005, por arqueólogos espanhóis, coordenados por Rosa Lamuela-Raventós. Os estudos revelaram que a ânfora junto à cabeça continha vinho tinto, a colocada do lado direito do corpo continha shedeh (variedade de vinho tinto mais doce) e a terceira, junto aos pés, continha vinho branco. Esta pesquisa revelou-se importante pois mostrou que os egípcios fabricavam vinho branco, mil e quinhentos anos antes do que se pensava.
A lâmina de uma das adagas encontradas junto da múmia era feita com o metal de um meteorito.
Na câmara do tesouro estava uma estátua de Anúbis, várias joias, roupas e uma capela, de novo em madeira dourada, onde foram colocados os vasos canópicos do rei. Neste local foram achadas duas pequenas múmias correspondentes a dois fetos do sexo feminino, que se julgam serem as filhas do rei, nascidas de forma prematura.
Embora os objetos encontrados no túmulo não tenham lançado luz sobre a enigmática vida de Tutancámon, revelaram-se bastante importantes para um melhor entendimento das práticas funerárias e da arte egípcia.
    
   
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quarta-feira, abril 05, 2023

O quinto Conde de Carnarvon morreu há um século...


George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (Mayfair, London, 26 June 1866 – Cairo, 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.

Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.
  
     
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology
    
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
   
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.
   

quinta-feira, março 02, 2023

O arqueólogo Howard Carter morreu há 84 anos

 
Howard Carter (Kensington, 9 de maio de 1874 - Londres, 2 de março de 1939) foi um arqueólogo e egiptólogo britânico que ficou conhecido por ter descoberto o túmulo do faraó Tutankhamon no Vale dos Reis (datado do século XIV a.C.)

   

     

quinta-feira, fevereiro 16, 2023

A câmara funerária de Tutankhamon foi aberta há um século...!

 

Tutancámon, também conhecido pela grafia Tutankhamon (falecido em 1.324 a.C.), foi um faraó do Antigo Egito que faleceu ainda na adolescência.
Era filho e genro de Aquenáton (o faraó que instituiu o culto de Aton, o deus Sol) e filho de Kiya, uma esposa secundária do seu pai. Casou-se aos 8 anos, provavelmente com a sua meia-irmã, Anchesenamon. Assumiu o trono quando tinha cerca de nove anos, restaurando os antigos cultos aos deuses e os privilégios do clero (principalmente o do deus Amon de Tebas). Morreu, provavelmente, em 1.324 a.C., aos dezanove anos, sem herdeiros - com apenas nove anos de trono - "o que levou especialistas a especularem sobre a hipótese de doenças hereditárias na família real da XVIII dinastia egípcia", na opinião de Zahi Hawass, secretário-geral do Conselho Supremo de Antiguidades do Egito.
Devido ao facto de ter falecido tão novo, o seu túmulo não foi tão sumptuoso quanto o de outros faraós, mas mesmo assim é o que mais fascina a imaginação moderna pois foi uma das raras sepulturas reais encontradas quase intacta. Ao ser aberta, em 1923, ainda continha peças de ouro, tecidos, mobília, armas e textos sagrados que revelam muito sobre o Egito de três milénios atrás.
  
(...)
  
Em novembro de 1922 foi descoberto o túmulo de Tutancámon, resultado dos esforços de Howard Carter e do seu mecenas, o aristocrata Lord Carnarvon. O túmulo encontrava-se inviolado, com exceção da antecâmara onde os ladrões penetraram por duas vezes, talvez pouco tempo depois do funeral do rei, mas por razões pouco claras ficaram-se por ali.
A câmara funerária foi aberta, de forma oficial, no dia 16 de fevereiro de 1923. Estava preenchida por quatro capelas em madeira dourada encaixadas umas nas outras, que protegiam um sarcófago em quartzito de forma retangular, seguindo a tradição da forma dos sarcófagos da XVIII dinastia. Em cada um dos cantos do sarcófago estão representadas as deusas Ísis, Néftis, Neith e Selket. Dentro do sarcófago encontravam-se três caixões antropomórficos, encontrando-se a múmia no último destes caixões; sobre a face a múmia tinha a famosa máscara funerária. Decorados com os símbolos da realeza (a cobra e o abutre, símbolos do Alto e do Baixo Egito, a barba postiça retangular e ceptros reais), o peso dos três caixões totalizava 1375 quilos, sendo o terceiro caixão feito de ouro. Na câmara funerária foram colocadas também três ânforas, estudadas, em 2004 e 2005, por arqueólogos espanhóis, coordenados por Rosa Lamuela-Raventós. Os estudos revelaram que a ânfora junto à cabeça continha vinho tinto, a colocada do lado direito do corpo continha shedeh (variedade de vinho tinto mais doce) e a terceira, junto aos pés, continha vinho branco. Esta pesquisa revelou-se importante pois mostrou que os egípcios fabricavam vinho branco, mil e quinhentos anos antes do que se pensava.
A lâmina de uma das adagas encontradas junto da múmia era feita com o metal de um meteorito.
Na câmara do tesouro estava uma estátua de Anúbis, várias joias, roupas e uma capela, de novo em madeira dourada, onde foram colocados os vasos canópicos do rei. Neste local foram achadas duas pequenas múmias correspondentes a dois fetos do sexo feminino, que se julgam serem as filhas do rei, nascidas de forma prematura.
Embora os objetos encontrados no túmulo não tenham lançado luz sobre a enigmática vida de Tutancámon, revelaram-se bastante importantes para um melhor entendimento das práticas funerárias e da arte egípcia.
    
   
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terça-feira, abril 05, 2022

O fantástico quinto Conde de Carnarvon morreu há 99 anos


George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (Mayfair, London, 26 June 1866 – Cairo, 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.

Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.
  
     
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology
    
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
   
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.
   

quarta-feira, março 02, 2022

O arqueólogo Howard Carter morreu há 83 anos


Howard Carter (Kensington, 9 de maio de 1874 - Londres, 2 de março de 1939) foi um arqueólogo e egiptólogo britânico que ficou conhecido por ter descoberto o túmulo do faraó Tutankhamon no Vale dos Reis (datado do século XIV a.C.)

  

   

segunda-feira, abril 05, 2021

O famoso quinto Conde de Carnarvon morreu há 98 anos


George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (Mayfair, London, 26 June 1866 – Cairo, 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.

Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.
  
     
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology
    
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
   
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.
   

terça-feira, março 02, 2021

O arqueólogo Howard Carter morreu há 82 anos


Howard Carter
(Kensington, 9 de maio de 1874 - Londres, 2 de março de 1939) foi um arqueólogo e egiptólogo britânico que ficou conhecido por ter descoberto o túmulo do faraó Tutancâmon no Vale dos Reis, datado do século XIV a.C.

  

   

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sexta-feira, abril 05, 2019

A morte de Lord Carnavon, há 96 anos, deu origem à estória da maldição da múmia

Lady and Lord Carnarvon at the races in June 1921

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.
Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.

   
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology.
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.

quinta-feira, abril 05, 2018

A morte de Lord Carnavon, há 95 anos, deu origem à estória da maldição da múmia

Lady and Lord Carnarvon at the races in June 1921

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (Highclere Castle, Hampshire, 26 June 1866 – Cairo, 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
 
Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.
 
Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.

    
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology.
  
Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.
  
Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.
   

sexta-feira, abril 05, 2013

A morte de Lord Carnavon, há 90 anos, deu origem à estória da maldição da múmia

Lady and Lord Carnarvon at the races in June 1921

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (26 June 1866 – 5 April 1923), styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Exceedingly wealthy, Carnarvon was at first best known as an owner of racehorses and a reckless driver of early automobiles, suffering in 1901 a serious motoring accident near Bad Schwalbach in Germany which left him significantly disabled. In 1902, he established Highclere Stud to breed thoroughbred racehorses. In 1905, he was appointed one of the Stewards at the new Newbury Racecourse. His family has maintained the connection ever since. His grandson, the 7th Earl, was racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II from 1969, and one of Her Majesty's closest friends.

Styled Lord Porchester from birth, he was born at the family seat, Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, the only son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, a distinguished Tory statesman, by his first wife Lady Evelyn Stanhope, daughter of George Stanhope, 6th Earl of Chesterfield. Aubrey Herbert was his half-brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, succeeding his father in the earldom in 1890.

   
Egyptology
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, undertaking in 1907 to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri (Thebes). Howard Carter joined him as his assistant in the excavations. It is now established that it was Gaston Maspero, then Director of the Antiquities Department, who proposed Carter to Lord Carnarvon. He received in 1914 the concession to dig in the Valley of the Kings, in replacement of Theodore Davis who had resigned. In 1922, he and Howard Carter together opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, exposing treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology.

Family
Lord Carnarvon married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell, daughter of millionaire banker Alfred de Rothschild, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on 26 June 1895. They had two children:
Some of Carnarvon's modern relatives (George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his family), who still live in England, own Highclere Castle, which was the film location of the famous television series, Downton Abbey.

Death - The Mummy's Curse
On 25 March 1923 Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. This led to the story of the "Curse of Tutankhamun", the "Mummy's Curse". His death is most probably explained by blood poisoning (progressing to pneumonia) after accidentally shaving a mosquito bite infected with erysipelas. Carnarvon's tomb, appropriately for an archaeologist, is located within an ancient hill fort overlooking his family seat at Beacon Hill, Burghclere, Hampshire. Carnarvon was survived by his wife Almina, who re-married, and their two children.