It is now known across the world as the house that starred as the home of the aristocratic Crawley family in the fictional . Highclere Castle, which is set in 5,000 acres of incredible Hampshire countryside, is owned and lived in by George Herbert, the 8th Earl of Carnarvon. But census records have shed new light on Herbert's great-grandfather, the 5th Earl, and his relationship with Egyptologist Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of 14th century Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922.
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