 "Skeptic (Altadena, CA)")
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The mummy's curse!(Tutankhamun's tomb)
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The sense of ancient ritual and mystery surrounding Tut's tomb quickly inspired rumors that it was protected by supernatural forces. Decades later, those rumors are still with us. According to the legend, an inscription near the tomb's entrance warned intruders:
"THEY WHO ENTER THIS SACRED TOMB SHALL
SWIFT BE VISITED BY THE WINGS OF DEATH."
CURSES! FOOLED AGAIN!
Was there a curse on the tomb? Leaving the issue aside of whether or not curses really work, is it actually true that ancient priests tried to protect the tomb with magic?
Considering that the "Curse" ...
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THE MUMMY'S CURSE!
Magazine article from: Skeptic
; ...FOOLED AGAIN! Was there a curse on the tomb? Leaving the issue aside...priests tried to protect the tomb with magic? Considering that the "Curse" has been world-famous...warning), but there was no curse inscribed anywhere. (The tomb is still there, of course...
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Curse of Tutankhamun exposed: The archaeologists lived into their seventies
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; THE MUMMY'S curse seemed to be coming...two months after the tomb of Tutankhamun was...broke the seals to the tomb so would be expected...principal object of any curse, physical or metaphysical...reported that the tomb was engraved with a curse promising that "Death...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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A NEW EXHIBITION COULD SPELL THE.. Return of the MUMMY'S CURSE.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...the legendary Tut curse . Tutankhamun ruled...and, ever since his tomb was first discovered...that there was a curse written in hieroglyphs...the entrance of the tomb which translated...were touched by the curse . The pet canary of the tomb's discoverer, Howard...
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Curse? Don't believe the hype
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...kept away from the tomb saw their chance...stories about the "curse of the pharaohs...had been in Tut's tomb were killed by "the mummy's curse." So should visitors...bit nervous? "The curse doesn't exist. Howard...man who opened the tomb in 1922, lived until...
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THE CURSE OF KING TUT; EXCLUSIVE 85 years after his great-grandfather discovered the pharaoh's tomb, only to die an agonising death, Lord Carnarvon retraces his steps and confronts..(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...entrance of Tutankhamun's tomb - to face the curse that has haunted his...step inside Tut's tomb, seemingly undeterred by the famous curse. And now millions...don't believe it was a curse that killed my great-grandfath...having been inside the tomb he discovered, I just...
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Curse unraveled
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Curse unraveled Study debunks...deaths of those exposed to tomb By EMMA ROSS Associated...London -- Don't sweat the curse of the mummy. Those who disturbed Tutankhamen's tomb died all right, but no...that he died because of a curse on Tutankhamen's tomb. "The press reports at...
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The Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse
Magazine article from: Middle East
; ...THE TRUE STORE OF THE MUMMY'S CURSE By Gerald O'Farrell published...excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb is probably the most famous...actually discovered Tutankhamun's tomb several years before they announced...robbers of old had entered the tomb, before re-sealing it and leading...and Carnarvon ...
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HE'S TRYING TO PRESERVE THE MUMMY'S CURSE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...our minds by the curse of the mummy. Listen...people and finding the tomb of King Tut. (If...says: "It is the curse of the violation of the King Tut's tomb." Not easily swayed...that the mummy's curse is a lot of soda...the opening of the tomb who also died. Former...take the mummy's ...
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Family finally free of mummy's curse?
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman
; ...to Tutankhamun's tomb in 73 years. The...after discovering the tomb in 1922, defied fears of the infamous curse to return to Egypt...stories about the curse very seriously and I found the tomb a very calm and tranquil...healthy respect for the curse, forbidding the mention...daughter ...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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No need to fear curse of pharaoh.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...which led to a curse frenzy across the...people involved in the tomb opening were said...lending credence to the curse theory. Even Sir...screen. However, the curse is a myth, according...present when the tomb was opened, says...present when the tomb was opened went on...Perhaps ...
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