highclere

File that under “sentences I never thought I would type.” Last weekend I went to the King Tut exhibit (currently at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center). Whether it was worth $32 is a debate for another time, but I had an extra reason for being curious about the Egyptian jewelry and artifacts. In Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, I learned that back in 1922, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon — whose castle, Highclere, is the estate better known as “Downton Abbey” — funded Howard Carter’s archaeological expedition that unearthed King Tut’s tomb. The Egypt-crazed and cash-poor earl could afford [...]