173

18 Letter from Albert Lythgoe to Howard Carter, 20 March 1923, held by the 
Egyptology Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and quoted in Hoving, 
pp. 223—4.



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19 Merton, op. cit.



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20 Letter from the Hon. Richard Bethell to Howard Carter, 26 March 1923, held 
by the Egyptology Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and quoted in 
Hoving, p. 224.



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21 Merton, op. cit.



177

22 Ibid.



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23 Carnarvon, No Regrets: Memoirs oj the Earl of Carnarvon, pp. 120, 124.



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24 Letter from Alan Gardiner to his wife, dated 1 April 1923, quoted by 
Margaret Gardiner in A Scatter of Memoirs, pp. 107-8.



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25 Merton, op. cit.



181

26 Ibid.



182

27 Lord Carnarvon's last hours: sudden failure of hotel lights\ Daily Express, 
6 April 1923, p. 1.



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28 Merton, op. cit. Merton incorrectly states that his death occurred at 2.30 a.
m.



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29 Ibid.