A [__] Lord George Herbert Carnarvon, Carter’s partner, was best known as helping to finance the expedition. B [__] A year after opening the door to King Tut’s tomb, Carnarvon suddenly died on April 5, 1923 in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. C [__] The simple explanation was that he had been bitten by a mosquito carrying an infectious disease.
Initially the hotel staff thought it was due to the heat wave that week, but then other factors came into play.