By Gill Paul PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 3 November 2012 | UPDATED: 17:00 EST, 3 November 2012 Ninety years ago this month, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun and set in motion a chain of events that brought scandal, infighting and rumours of a famous curse all the way from Egypt back to England and Highclere Castle – known to television audiences as Downton Abbey. As he peered into a hole in a door of the boy king’s tomb, his financial backer, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon and owner of Highclere, asked: ‘Can you see anything?’ ‘I see wonderful things,’ came the famous reply.
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Howard Carted discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt 90 years ago with his financial backer, Lord Carnavon
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The 5th Earl of Carnarvon, master of Highclere Castle kept a large part of the treasures from the tomb of the Egyptian boy-king at his home
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Highclere Castle is the set of ITV's period drama Downton Abbey
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