OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1922
PART 1
28 OCTOBER 1922 -26 NOVEMBER 1922
Oct/Nov 1922 : Lord
Carnarvon’s horses ride at Haydock Park and Newmarket Races
28 October 1922 : Howard Carter at Armant to consult his
friend Arthur ‘Pecky’ Callender, ex manager Egyptian railways Arthur Robert Callender ( 1875-1936)
was a close friend of Howard Carter in Alexandria. Part of Carter’s ‘Tut’ team
4-5 November 1922: At
Luxor stone steps found and cleared in the bed rock floor of a water course
below entrance of Ramesses VI tomb.
6 November 1922
: Howard Carter’s telegram to Lord Carnarvon at
Highclere Castle.
Carter’s Telegram “ AT LAST
HAVE MADE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY IN THE VALLEY. A MAGNIFICENT TOMB WITH SEALS
INTACT. RECOVERED SAME FOR YOUR ARRIVAL. CONGRATULATIONS. CARTER.”
6 November 1922: Almina, Lady Carnarvon living it up with
Colonel Ian Dennistoun ( later her 2nd husband) in Paris.
6-10 November 1922 : Lord
Carnarvon consults with archaeologist Alan H Gardiner & senior
figures in The Times newspaper to broker a deal on media rights.
11-12 November 1922 :
Lord Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Herbert are in London ( from Highclere) Almina has returned
from Paris.
11-12 November 1922 :
Almina consults Dr Marcus Johnson and surgeon Berkeley
Moynihan over the Earl’s serious health condition ( cancer).
13 November 1922 : Lord Carnarvon presides over a
reception/ luncheon for the Emir Abdullah of Transjordania at the Carlton Hotel
13 November 1922 : Court Circular announces “ The
Earl of Carnarvon has left London for Egypt” with Lady Evelyn Herbert and staff.
14-19 November 1922 : Lord
Carnarvon and party at sea en route to Egypt via France and Alexandria.
18 November 1922 : Lord Carnarvon, a frail figure, departs Marseilles for the port of Alexandria, watched over by Lady Evelyn Herbert.
18 November 1922 : Tutankhamun Time Line Minnie Burton records in her
diary " Mr Carter arrives" [ from Luxor ]
19 November 1922 : In Cairo
Lord Carnarvon's inner circle gather for his arrival, Howard Carter ( from Luxor), Minnie & Harry Burton ( from Florence)
21 November 1922 : Cairo: Tutankhamum
Time Line. The dying Lord Carnarvon
arrives in Cairo on 21 November 1922... Minnie Burton records in her diary " Lord
Carnarvon arrived, with Lady Evelyn"..
21 November, 1922; Cairo : Carnarvon
arrives with Lady Evelyn Herbert & Carter gets in the essential supplies.
21 November 1922: Cairo: Tutankhamun Time Line: Howard Carter orders
up crates of his favourite whisky.
21 November 1922 Cairo : Tutankhamun
Time Line : Minnie Burton visits a Greek Grocer to gather in more booze for
Howard Carter.
22 November 1922 : Tutankhamun
Time Line : At Luxor Carter's assistant Arthur Callender stands by on
clearance of Tomb stairway
22 November 1922 : Tutankhamun
Time Line: Carter, Lord Carnarvon and
Lady Evelyn Herbert make ready to leave Cairo for Luxor.
23 November in 1922: After an uneasy train ride from Cairo, Lord Carnarvon with Howard Carter and Lady Evelyn Herbert arrive in Luxor.
24 November 1922: Howard Carter & 'Pecky' Callender oversee
clearance of the stairway and corridor leading to Tut's Tomb.
25 November 1922: Under the guise of continuing to clear the
corridor leading to the Tomb of the Boy King, Howard Carter,
Lord Carnarvon, Lady Evelyn Herbert, Pecky Callender and several native workers
enter the inner rooms of the Tomb.
26 November 1922 : The exploration of the Tomb continues. After the
antechamber is breached they enter the Burial Chamber. Lady Evelyn
Herbert as the smallest proceeds first. Carter records this day the
" Day of Days" "
the most wonderful I have ever lived through & certainly one whose like I
can never hope to see again”
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