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The Royal Cobra , representing the protector goddess Wadjet, atop the mask of Tutankhamun. The curse of the pharaohs or the mummy's curse is a curse alleged to be cast upon anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient Egyptian, especially a pharaoh. This curse, which does not differentiate between thieves and archaeologists, is claimed to cause ...
The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in ...
How Howard Carter's amazing discovery of King Tut's tomb led to tales of a curse and ignited interest in the mummy's ancient mystery. ... The legend of the mummy’s curse outlived the ...
Tutankhamun and his queen, Ankhesenamun Tutankhamun was born in the reign of Akhenaten, during the Amarna Period of the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.His original name was Tutankhaten or Tutankhuaten, meaning "living image of Aten", [c] reflecting the shift in ancient Egyptian religion known as Atenism which characterized Akhenaten's reign.
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (also known as The Curse of King Tut) is a 2006 adventure fantasy horror television film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Casper Van Dien, Leonor Varela, and Jonathan Hyde.
King Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus and mummy no longer reside in the tomb but a platform stands to mark their place, photos show. The inner room of King Tutankhamen’s tomb.
Encouraged by newspaper speculation, [32] [37] the ‘Curse of Tutankhamun’, or the ‘Mummy's Curse’ entered into popular culture and was fuelled further by the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's suggestion that Carnarvon's death had been caused by ‘elementals’ created by Tutankhamun's priests to guard the royal tomb. [38]
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb is a 1980 horror film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Eva Marie Saint, Harry Andrews, Raymond Burr and Tom Baker, with Paul Scofield as the narrator. Plot [ edit ]