09-12-2019, 11:32 AM
Don't go to the razor forums Mark! They'll slice you up for chum! Wish I could add more but I don't know more. I think the important question is this: Have the mosquitoes stopped flying in the Black Hills yet? Read this (mostly lifted from the pages of Wikipedia) and beware of the straight razor!
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur egyptologist, and Lord and Lady Carnarvon often spent their winters in Egypt, where they bought antiquities for their collection in England. In 1907 Lord Carnarvon undertook to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes. He employed Howard Carter to undertake the work. On 4 November 1922, Carter was able to send a telegram to Lord Carnarvon, in England, saying: "At last we have made wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival; congratulations". Of course this tomb turned out to be that of Tutankhamen. Carnavon flew to Cairo to be present for the opening of the tomb. In early March 1923 the tomb was opened.
On 19 March 1923, Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite which became infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. He was the first to fall prey to the "Curse of Tutankhamun".
Lord Carnarvon was an enthusiastic amateur egyptologist, and Lord and Lady Carnarvon often spent their winters in Egypt, where they bought antiquities for their collection in England. In 1907 Lord Carnarvon undertook to sponsor the excavation of nobles' tombs in Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes. He employed Howard Carter to undertake the work. On 4 November 1922, Carter was able to send a telegram to Lord Carnarvon, in England, saying: "At last we have made wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival; congratulations". Of course this tomb turned out to be that of Tutankhamen. Carnavon flew to Cairo to be present for the opening of the tomb. In early March 1923 the tomb was opened.
On 19 March 1923, Carnarvon suffered a severe mosquito bite which became infected by a razor cut. On 5 April, he died in the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo. He was the first to fall prey to the "Curse of Tutankhamun".