The curse of Tutankhamen is one of the widely-known myths in the present world. Not only did it captivated minds of people in the 20th century and the curse´s legacy lies till this day. It´s probably one of the most widely-covered topics of the past few decades across all forms of media, ranging from novels to newspapers to internet-websites and blogs.
This post discusses about one of the famous mysteries of all time--´The Curse of Tutankhamen´. This post is based on a well-detailed documentary on the famous pharaoh by NAKED SCIENCE. And also an documentary on titled ´Egypt: King Tut Uncovered´ by The Evolution.
The myth of the curse dates back to the 20th century, when the first evacuation team led by Howard Carter analyzed Tutankhamen´s tomb. Shortly after their visit, with a span of few years, they started dying one by one. This led to people speculate to believe that it was the curse which doomed all the people who ´disturbed´ the pharaoh from his tomb. In fact, people alongside the team who visited the tomb died eventually within a period of few years! The opening of the pharaoh´s tomb also kick-started one of the most interesting subjects, Egyptology.
This post discusses about one of the famous mysteries of all time--´The Curse of Tutankhamen´. This post is based on a well-detailed documentary on the famous pharaoh by NAKED SCIENCE. And also an documentary on titled ´Egypt: King Tut Uncovered´ by The Evolution.
The myth of the curse dates back to the 20th century, when the first evacuation team led by Howard Carter analyzed Tutankhamen´s tomb. Shortly after their visit, with a span of few years, they started dying one by one. This led to people speculate to believe that it was the curse which doomed all the people who ´disturbed´ the pharaoh from his tomb. In fact, people alongside the team who visited the tomb died eventually within a period of few years! The opening of the pharaoh´s tomb also kick-started one of the most interesting subjects, Egyptology.
The hype began when Lord Carnarvon, the person who funded the dig of King Tut’s Tomb, died shortly after the discovery. The path to his death began in the spring of 1923 when he was bitten on the cheek by a mosquito. His death on 25th March, 1923 -- almost a year after the tomb was opened, raised many eyebrows around the world. In fact, the idea of a curse was promoted by no less a prominent person than Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. After that, media all over the world went just insane. There were several theories floating in and around newspapers on how the mummy wanted vengeance and henceforth the curse was applied to anybody who entered his tomb and disturbed him. And to add fuel to the fire, it is said that Lord Carnarvon´s pet dog died at 2 at the morning, same day on which his master died!
Almost all the significant personalities associated directly or indirectly to the project of evacuating died within a span of merely 2 years. In fact, some members like A.C. Mace, one of the team-members, got a very horrific death with Arsenic poisoning.
But, the most amazing part of this whole incident is that -- nothing happened to the first person to enter the tomb. Almost all the team got diminished, except the lead-member, the captain: Howard Carter. He spent his remaining years writing all about the famous pharaoh from the artifacts he recovered from his tomb. This fact contradicts the Curse of Tutankhamun and points finger to the legitimacy of this theory.
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