The mystery of the Pharaoh’s tomb – Tutankhamun’s curse and the unusual deaths around (Part 3)

“Once upon a time there was a very young Egyptian Pharaoh named Tutankhamun. After he died, he was buried and his grave was buried in the rock for thousands of years. Finally, a team of archaeologists found the tomb and opened it. They all died mysteriously afterwards. This must be the citation of hundreds, at least dozens of films made on the subject of ancient Egypt and the Pharaohs. It is not purely a product of imagination, Tutankhamun is of course real and the rumors related to mummy curse It has also been passed on from time to time. But… what is the truth behind and is it believable?

British archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, the sponsor of the search, discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922. The curse is known to have begun. almost immediate response.

1922

Canaries: After years of broken rice, in his last hope, Howard Carter returns to Egypt with a canary. According to the story, one day, the bird suddenly sang fiercely as it passed the place where Tutankhamun’s tomb was hidden. Carter and the group of followers suspected that this was an omen, and somehow, the search did indeed work. The day after the tomb was opened, a snake entered the birdcage located at Carter’s house and killed it. Many people consider the snake – a cobra to be exact – a symbol of the kingship of the Pharaohs and speculation about the curse. Mummies officially started.

Although the story of the canary’s death is told in many newspapers, the exact source of information is very vague. In another version, the real owner of this canary is one of Carter’s friends, not him. Not except for the possibility that this story was salted by journalists.
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1923

Carnarvon: The first to be cursed upon Lord Carnarvon. After being bitten by a mosquito on his cheek, he had a fever for 7 days until his death on April 5, 1923, exactly 5 months since the tomb was discovered. Worth mentioning, X-ray pictures of Tutankhamun show that he also has a small scar on his cheek where Lord Carnarvon was bitten by a mosquito. This coincidence cannot be explained by anyone.

Susie: According to Lord Carnarvon’s family members, Susie, his dog’s name, howled with anguished cries at the moment of Carnarvon’s death and then committed suicide. Strangely, Lord Carnarvon died in a hotel in Cairo, the Egyptian capital while the dog was still at his home in England. The two locations are more than 3,500 miles apart. This was confirmed by George Herbert, son of Lord Carnarvon.

Sudden power cut in Cairo: The story goes that on the night Lord Carnarvon died, there was a sudden power cut in Cairo. The next morning, two bodies were found that some researchers claim were the same Egyptian workers who, with Carter, dug up Tutankhamun’s tomb.

George Jay Gouldan American railroad executive died on the French Riviera on May 16, 1923. He also visited the mausoleum and died of a sudden fever.

Prince Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey: The 23-year-old Egyptian prince was shot dead by his French wife of six months, Marie-Marguerite, on July 10, 1923, at the Savoy Hotel. Not long before this time, the Prince visited the tomb of King Tutankhamun, even taking souvenir photos here.

Aubrey Herbert: Lord Carnarvon’s half-brother also died on 23 September 1923 from blood poisoning following surgery. Worth mentioning, this is just a regular dental surgery and the rate of this incident is extremely low. Before he died, he had just returned from a trip to Luxor in Egypt.

Ahmed Kamal Bey (Pasha): was Egypt’s first Egyptologist who was also the country’s pioneer scientist. He once visited Tutankhamun’s mausoleum and died shortly after, believed to be a lung infection.
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1924

Archibald Douglas Reed: is a British scientist, employed by the Egyptian government. He was also the one in charge of X-raying the mummy before it was transferred to the Cairo Museum. According to various sources, Archibald Douglas Reed fell ill the morning after the X-ray was done. On January 15, 1924 – within 3 weeks – he died of unknown cause.

Hugh Evelyn-White: British archaeologist and cryptologist. He attended King’s School, Ely. In 1909, he joined the Metropolitan Museum’s expedition to Egypt and remained there until 1921, with the exception of a period when he served in World War I. He was the one who followed Carter, one of the first to enter the chamber where Tutankhamun’s mummy was located. He hanged himself and before he died, Hugh Evelyn-White left a letter: “I can’t stand this curse – which forces me to disappear forever”.

Lee Stacks: Governor-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was among the first to visit the mausoleum after it was excavated. Six months later, while driving home from the Egyptian War Office in Cairo, he was shot and killed by a group of students. He died on November 19, 1924 from his injuries.
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1926

Aaron Ember: is one of the leading Egyptologists in the United States, who is recognized by European experts as an expert on ancient Egypt. He is also known as the chair of the Department of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins University. Aaron Ember died on June 1, 1926 from an accident at his home, and he was trying to find the book “Death of the Egyptian” he was reading. Whether this book was sent to him by one of Carter’s expedition members is unknown.

1928

Arthur Cruttenden Mace: was one of the members of Howard Carter’s crew during the discovery of the tomb in 1922. He assisted Carter in both the excavation and the drafting of the first volume of “The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen”. In 1924, his health began to deteriorate, and on April 6, 1928, he died after leaving a letter stating that he had died of arsenic poisoning.

Bruce Ingham: who received a gift from Howard Carter a few years after the tomb’s discovery. It turned out to be a paperweight believed to have been made from a mummy’s hand with a scarab-shaped bracelet that read: “The curse will be on whoever moves my body. Fire, water and plague will torment him.” In a short time, Bruce Ingham’s house burned down and as he began rebuilding his new home, a massive flood swept away the entire foundation.

1929

Howard Carter’s personal secretary is Richard Bethell.

1930

Edgar Steele (February 24, 1930): Edgar Steele, 57, curator of tomb artifacts at the British Museum in London, has died at St Thomas’ hospital just four days after a minor stomach surgery.

Lord Westbury (February 20, 1930): Richard Bethell’s father, 77, is believed to have committed suicide by jumping from a building for unknown reasons.

In addition, there are many other names involved such as Joel Woolf, Edouard Neville, Professor La Fleur, William Henry Goodyear, Bernard Greenfell, Lady Almina, John Maxwell,… and even the nurse who took care of him. to Lord Carnarvon during his illness. Information about these people and how they died is difficult to verify but it is enough to make us chill and curious about the cursed tomb and the famous Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
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