Harper's Notes

14th January 1925

• Roger Carlyle left New York 5th April 1919 for Egyptian tombs.
• Travelled to Southampton, England on British steamship, Imperial Standard
• Research at Penhew Foundation, England, before continuing to Egypt
• Other Expedition members
  • Sir Aubrey Penhew, British Egyptologist
  • Dr Robert Huston, Psychologist
  • Miss Hypatia Masters, photographer and archivist
  • Jack Brady, Carlyle’s Friend
• Left Egypt for East Africa ~3rd July 1919
• Rumours debunked by Penhew of King Solomon’s mines. Claimed that journey was for a safari.
• Mombasa, 25th July 1919. Expedition leaves to “hunt” inland for Nairobi.
• 3rd August. Left Nairobi. Rumoured to be after “Biblical treasures” in Great Rift Valley, north west of Nairobi.
• Mombasa, 15th October 1919. Feared lost.
• 11th March 1920. Erica Carlyle, Roger’s sister, arrives Mombasa.
  • Kikuyu villagers report murder of whites near Aberdare Forest.
  • Joined by Mrs Victoria Post.
• 24th May 1920. Massacre of expedition confirmed. Believed to be work of Nandi tribesmen. *24+ dead. The bodies of the five named not found.
• 19th June 1920. Naudi tribesmen hanged for murder.