On November 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered a stairway buried in the Valley of the Kings that led to the untouched tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, a king who had died at the age of 18 and remained largely unknown for centuries. The discovery was world-historical: it was the only royal tomb to be found untouched and filled with untold treasures. Carter’s description when he entered the room was legendary: “I see wonderful things.” But the entrance to the tomb was accompanied by a series of deaths, among them the financier of the excavation, Lord Carnarvon, who died a few weeks later. From this event began the rumor of the “curse of Tutankhamun”, according to which anyone entering the tomb would meet a quick death. But that was not all. The story of the curse was magnified with the parallel death of Lord Carnarvon’s dog, which began to howl and died instantly in distant England, just at the time of the death of its master in Egypt. Yet, […]
Source: News Beast
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