George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was an English Peer best known for financing the search for and later the excavation of Tutankhamun’s tomb. He was the eldest son of Tory statesman, Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon. Around the age of 35, he had a car accident, which left him partially disabled. Thereafter, he began spending the winters in Egypt, where he developed a passion for Egyptian antiques, eventually becoming an enthusiastic amateur Egyptologist, beginning to excavate on his own from the age of 41. Later, he appointed archaeologist, Howard Carter, working together with him from 1907 to 1911 and again from 1917 until they stumbled upon the tomb of Tutankhamen in November 1922. Although he was present during the opening of the tomb and its inner burial chamber, he did not live to complete the work, dying shortly after that.