Qualla: Highclere Castle https://qualla.com/highclere-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:21 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/5/highclere-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Highclere Castle https://qualla.com/highclere-castle Highclere Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/highclere-castle/ Photo credit Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0. On 26 November 1922, Howard Carter peered through a hole chipped in a sealed doorway deep inside Egypt's Valley of the Kings and saw "wonderful things" -- the treasures of Tutankhamun, untouched for over three thousand years. Standing beside him was the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, whose family seat was Highclere Castle in Hampshire and whose money had funded the excavation. Five months later, the Earl was dead from an infected mosquito bite, and the world's newspapers had a story they liked even better than ancient gold: the Curse of the Pharaohs.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/5/highclere-castle-wp/gcp5-highclere-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Highclere Castle: From Bishops to Earls https://qualla.com/highclere-castle/ Photo credit Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0. The site has been occupied since at least the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was recorded as a possession of the Bishops of Winchester. In the late 14th century, Bishop William of Wykeham built a medieval palace in the park. The estate passed through several hands before the Herb...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/5/highclere-castle-wp/gcp5-highclere-castle-from-bishops-to-earls.mp3 0:06 2 full Highclere Castle: The Egyptian Connection https://qualla.com/highclere-castle/ Photo credit Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0. George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was a wealthy and restless aristocrat whose poor health sent him to Egypt for the warmth. There he developed a passion for Egyptology, funding excavations that culminated in the most famous archaeological discovery o...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/5/highclere-castle-wp/gcp5-highclere-castle-the-egyptian-connection.mp3 0:06 3 full Highclere Castle: Downton Abbey https://qualla.com/highclere-castle/ Photo credit Richard Munckton from Windsor, Melbourne, Australia, CC BY 2.0. Highclere Castle achieved global fame as the primary filming location for Downton Abbey, the ITV historical drama that ran from 2010 to 2015 and spawned three feature films. The castle's grand exterior and opulent interiors -- the saloon with its soaring ceiling, the library wher...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/p/5/highclere-castle-wp/gcp5-highclere-castle-downton-abbey.mp3 0:06 4 full Highclere Castle: A Working Estate https://qualla.com/highclere-castle/ Photo credit Peter Jeffery, CC BY-SA 2.0. Highclere remains the family home of the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, who manage the estate's dual identity as private residence and public attraction. The house, Egyptian exhibition, and gardens are open for self-guided tours during summer months and at special times thro...

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