Editing Howard Carter (section)

==Personal life==
Carter could be awkward in company, particularly with those of a higher social standing.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=53}} Often abrasive, he admitted to having a hot temper,{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=88}} which often aggravated disputes, including the 1905 Saqqara Affair and the 1924–25 dispute with Egyptian authorities.

The suggestion that Carter had an affair with [[Lady Evelyn Beauchamp|Lady Evelyn Herbert]],{{sfn|Hoving|1978|p=222}} the daughter of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was later rejected by Lady Evelyn herself, who told her daughter Patricia that "at first I was in awe of him, later I was rather frightened of him", resenting Carter's "determination" to come between her and her father.{{sfn|Winstone|2006|p=321}} More recently, the [[George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon|8th Earl]] dismissed the idea, describing Carter as a "stoical loner".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Furness |first1=Hannah |title=Row over Tutankhamun's tomb affair as ITV drama brings discovery to life |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/14/row-over-tutankhamuns-tomb-affair-as-itv-drama-brings-discovery/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/14/row-over-tutankhamuns-tomb-affair-as-itv-drama-brings-discovery/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=14 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Harold Plenderleith]], a former associate of Carter's at the British Museum, was quoted as saying that he knew "something about Carter that was not fit to disclose", which some have interpreted as meaning that Plenderleith believed that Carter was homosexual.<ref name="Oddy 2016">{{cite news |last1=Oddy |first1=Andrew |title=An inconvenient crush in King Tut's tomb |url=https://pressreader.com/article/282046211624411 |access-date=26 April 2020 |agency=The Daily Telegraph |date=18 October 2016}}</ref> An Egyptian guide who knew Carter claimed that his tastes extended to "both boys and the occasional 'dancing girl'".<ref>Paul William Roberts, ''River In The Desert: modern travels in ancient Egypt'', Random House, 1993, p. 102.</ref> There is, however, no evidence that Carter enjoyed any close relationships throughout his life,{{sfn|James|2000|p=463}} and he never married nor had children.<ref name=Onthenet>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyonthenet.com/howard-carter|title=Howard Carter|website=.historyonthenet.com |date=22 July 2014|access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
[[File:"King Tut as I know him" by Howard Carter 1926.jpg|thumb|"[[Tutankhamun|King Tut]] as I know him" drawing by Howard Carter 1926 for [[Manuel Rosenberg]]]]