Visit Highclere Castle website View the Opening Times for the Castle, Grounds and Gardens Click here to download a PDF file of the Castle's Opening Times for the 2008 Season, for you to save and print Read about the Egyptology Exhibition at Highclere Castle, Newbury Highclere Castle was the home of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, who discovered the tomb of the Egyptian Boy Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, with Howard Carter in 1922. Click here for details of the first international exhibition since 1972 of 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' which will be held in the London O2 Dome, Greenwich from 15th November 2007 until 31st August 2008.