To the Ends of the Earth

Return to the Valley of the Kings

The Carnarvon family has tended to steer clear of Egypt ever since the fifth Earl died within weeks of discovering Tutankhamun's tomb -- cursed, it was said, for disturbing the rest of the pharaohs. But now the Earl's great-grandson Lord Porchester is planning to defy the curse and supervise an excavation in Thebes by the family archaeologist Nigel Struthwick. 1/6.