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‘Curse’ Behind King Tutankhamun’s Tomb Mysterious Deaths Finally Solved

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 1922.

However, a scientist now claims to have solved the mysteries of the infamous “Pharaoh’s Curse” more than 100 years later.

Toxic levels of radiation emanating from uranium and poisonous waste are believed to have lingered inside the tomb since it was sealed over 3,000 years ago, Ross Fellowes wrote last month in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (JSE).

The burial chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamun, near Luxor, Egypt.

The radiation level inside Tutankhamun’s tomb is so high that anyone who comes in contact with it could very likely develop a fatal dose of radiation sickness and cancer.

“Both contemporary and ancient Egypt populations are characterized by unusually high incidences of hematopoietic cancers, of bone/blood/lymph, for which a primary known cause is radiation exposure,” Fellowes wrote in his study.

However, this radioactivity isn’t isolated to Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Fellowes revealed that “unusually high radiation levels have been documented in Old Kingdom tomb ruins” and spread throughout sites in Egypt.

“Radiation has been detected by the Geiger counter at two sites at Giza adjacent to the pyramids,” he wrote, adding that radon — a radioactive gas — has also been detected in “several underground tombs at Saqqara.”

The “Coffinette for the Viscera of Tutankhamun,” which contained the king’s mummified liver, depicts him as Osiris, holding a crook and flail.

Medical imagery of Tutankhamun is shown above a replica of King Tut’s skull on display during the “Tutankhamun And The Golden Age Of The Pharaohs” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California.

These readings were all found to be “intensely radioactive.”

“Modern studies confirm very high levels of radiation in ancient Egyptian tombs, in the order of 10x accepted safety standards,” the study shared.

It’s also theorized that those who built the ancient tombs were aware of the toxins based on the eerie warnings carved on the walls.

“The nature of the curse was explicitly inscribed on some tombs, with one translated presciently as, ‘they that break this tomb shall meet death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose,’” Fellowes wrote.

Outside the tomb of Tutankhamun during the 1922 excavation in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

Other ominous translations like “forbidden” because of “evil spirits” may have significantly fueled the fear that supernatural curses lingered in the ancient sites.

Those fears intensified with the mysterious deaths of Lord Carnarvon, who funded the excavation in 1922 and reportedly walked through the treasured filled rooms — and multiple others after they unsealed the tomb.

“Carnarvon was dead within a few weeks of the uncertain diagnosis of blood poisoning and pneumonia,” Fellowes wrote.

Egyptologist Howard Carter (R) walks with archaeologist Lord Carnarvon, the patron of his research, outside the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922.

Egyptologist Arthur Weigall allegedly told colleagues that Carnarvon would “be dead within six weeks” upon entering, the study claimed.

Howard Carter, the first person to walk inside Tutankhamun’s tomb with Carnarvon, died in 1939 after a long battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which was suspected to be caused by radiation poisoning.

British Egyptologist and independent excavator Arthur Weigall was present at the opening of Tut’s Tomb and is also credited with starting the ‘myth’ of the curse.

He died of cancer at 54 years old in 1934.

Workers remove a tray of chariot parts from the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt, in 1922.

In total, six of the 26 people present when the tomb was opened died within a decade from asphyxia, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, pneumonia, poisoning, malaria and X-ray exposure.

While the deaths can be seen as odd, the curse theory was also likely fueled by the oddities that happened when it opened.

Carnarvon had reportedly suffered a mosquito bite that became severely infected.

Around the time excavators opened the tomb, Cairo reportedly suffered a bizarre power outage and a freak sandstorm, according to National Geographic.’

At one point during the excavation, Carnarvon’s favorite dog allegedly let out a chilling howl and suddenly dropped dead.

A photograph showing guards standing outside the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922.

A sacred cow being removed from Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.

From a historical perspective, the discovery of the tomb in the Valley of Kings is considered one of the most fascinating finds that gave modern society a glimpse into the Egyptian royalty voyage into the afterlife.

Five thousand items, including solid gold funeral shoes, statues, games, and strange animals, were discovered inside Tutankhamun’s tombs.

It would take the excavators ten years to clear the tomb of its treasure.

The golden funerary mask of Tutankhamun.

The unsealing and studying of the tomb is also credited with launching the modern era of Egyptology.

Tutankhamun took the throne as pharaoh around nine or ten years old and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

However, he died by the time he turned 18.

There are no surviving records of Tutankhamun’s death and how the young pharaoh died remains a mystery.

However, Tutankhamun is suspected to have suffered from several health issues — likely linked to his father, Akhenaten, and his mother, Nefertiti, being brother and sister.

By Richard Pollina.

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crayonturtle · 6 months

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b team boys for the win!

#can you tell where i'm at in my relisten #gosh i love my boys #love how my wife and i are obsessing over them and shuffling them around in our barbie house #rqg #cel sidebottom #zolf smith #howard carter #james barnes #rqg oscar wilde #crayon creates

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thepastisalreadywritten · 5 months

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#Tutankhamun #Tomb of Tutankhamun #curse of the pharaohs #Ancient Egypt #Ancient Civilization #Dr Zahi Hawass #Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs #Egypt #mythical curse #archaeology #sarcophagus #mummified remains #Lord Carnarvon #Howard Carter #George Jay Gould I #mummies #germs #curse #Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh

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the-cricket-chirps · 6 months

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Howard Carter

Under the protection of the gods

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non-cannon · 3 days

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The Frobisher-Smythes getting in trouble for stealing from Tutankhamun's tomb, like the entire expedition wasn't doing that, and like every British Egyptian expedition wasn't just theft and people weren't eating mummies with no legal consequences.

SMH, double standards much?

#house of anubis #frobisher smythe #louisa frobisher smythe #robert frobisher smythe #howard carter #egyptology in the 1920s #the mummy eating thing was real!

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just-an-enby-lemon · 25 days

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Carter: As Oscar once said: "everything is about sex, except sex, sex is about power."

Wilde: I never said that!

Carter: Yes, you did!

Barnes: Well that sounds like something you would say.

Wilde: Last time you agreed with Carter that "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear" was something I would say. Your opinion does not count.

Barnes: Wait, you didn't say that?

Carter: Nah. I did got that one wrong it was Campbell actually.

Zolf: *who was listening from the side room and entered invoked by Campbell's name* No it wasn't. Campbell isn't a hack.

Carter: Ohoho, Oscar, he called you a hack? Are you gonna let him?

Wilde: Not he didn't! Because I never wrote that. I never spoke that. And I resent anyone thinking I did.

Barnes: Okay, so who said it?

Carter: I still think it was Oscar.

Wilde: *doing calming breathing exercises*

Barnes: Don't be like that Oscar, Carter is just being himself. In fact, didn't you once said "be yourself, everyone else is already taken"?

Zolf: *who knows that Wilde never said any of this things* *breaks laughing*

Carter: Yeah, it was right after "never love anybody who treats you like you’re ordinary".

Wilde: I hate all of you.

Zolf: Why? Wasn't you the one going "there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about" well we are talking about you.

Wilde: I never... wait... no...I actually did say that one.

#i was thinking about how people misatributte quotes to Oscar so much there is a poem about it #and i thought what if that but rqg oscar #and howard would totally be the one spreading missinformation #sorry for the salt on the fancy car quote but i think it is very unlike Oscar Wilde's style and I just don't like it #a lot of great quotes were misatributted to Wilde as well but I chose the most popular wich are also the ones with no known creator #barnes genuinally belives oscar said/wrote all that #carter doesn't he just likes messing with wilde #the last bit is also a reference for me finding the final quote listed in a forun discussion of wilde misquotes #it is not a misquote but a lot of people appear to think it is #also i love this four idiots and my brain is full of what they were doing in the missing 18 months #i specially wonder about Wilde literally the “I'm fine” meme famously wrote Wilde Is Fine in magical fireworks #interacting with Zolf dad instintincs mc sucky #rqg #rusty quill gaming #rqg oscar wilde #howard carter #zolf smith #rqg barnes

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ancientorigins · 5 months

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King Tut’s tomb was sealed in such a hurry that they didn’t even wait for the wall paint to dry. What was behind this sudden rush to entomb the boy king?

#Tutankhamun #Valley of the Kings #King Tut #Tomb #Howard Carter #ancient #history #ancient origins

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aintinacage · 1 year

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Marvel Stills #99

#marvel #mcu #marvel stills #agent Carter #agent carter season 2 #agent carter series #agent Carter season 1 #peggy carter #hailey atwell #howard carter #dominic cooper #daniel sousa #enver gjokaj #edwin jarvis #james darcy

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tiny-librarian · 1 year

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As yesterday's work carried us on until 1.30 pm Burton had to make the photographic records of the King's mummy, lying in situ, today. This was done in detail but the general view has yet to be made tomorrow.

In detail the mummy is wrapped to represent Osiris, the mask bears that god's attributes, but the likeness is that of Tut.Ankh.Amen - placid and beautiful, with the same features as we find upon his statues and coffins. The mask has fallen slightly back, thus its gaze is straight up to the heavens.

The face, headdress and collarette are of massive sheet gold. Eyes of aragonite, pupils of obsidian, eyelids and eyebrows of lapis lazuli.

The symbols, the uraeus (Buto) and the vulture (Nekhbet), of Upper and Lower Egypt, upon the forehead are also of massive gold inlaid with semi-precious stone and glass.

The conventional Osiride head of gold inlaid with lapis lazuli in pleated pattern.

The Diary of Howard Carter, October 29th,1925

#tutankhamun #king tut #ancient egypt #archaeology #egyptology #18th dynasty #howard carter #howard carter: professional grave robber #long live the queue

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romangoldendreams · 5 months

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#max irons #prohibited #primordial #aptitude #howard carter #model of masculinity

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throuple-tournament · 1 year

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crayonturtle · 6 days

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THE CREW THE CREW I WANNA SEE THE CREW

and there was only one mirror

#ugh the timeskip crew my beloved #rqg #zolf smith #rqg oscar wilde #james barnes #howard carter #crayon creates #req

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 1 year

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ℌ𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡 ℭ𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔵𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔗𝔲𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔥𝔞𝔪𝔲𝔫 𓋹𓂀

#Howard Carter #examining #coffin #Tutankhamun #tomb #pharaohs #pharaoh #casket #sarcophagus #curse of the pharaohs #tutankhamun #tutankamon #b&w #colorized #colorful

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the-cricket-chirps · 6 months

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Red-backed Strike, Beni Hasan, illustration by Howard Carter, ca. 1891

Hoopoe bird illustration by Howard Carter, tomb of Khnumhotep Il at Beni Hasan, 1891

The Temple of Hatshepsut, watercolor by Howard Carter, ca. late 1890s

Hatshepsut's Temple, photograph by Lekegian, c. 1895

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thehereticpharaoh · 1 year

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On 5 November 1922, Howard Carter and the Egyptian team had finished clearing the last of the debris covering sixteen rock-cut steps discovered by the Egyptian on the previous day. At the bottom of the stairs was the upper part of a plastered and sealed doorway. Carter's diary reads, "Discovered tomb under tomb of Ramses VI. Investigated same & found seals intact." Carter sent his famous telegram to Lord Carnarvon back in England, "At last have made wonderful discovery in Valley; a magnificent tomb with seals intact; re-covered same for your arrival; congratulations."

#archaeology #kemet #ancient egypt #howard carter #Tut Centennial

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just-an-enby-lemon · 26 days

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I'm really curious about how Howard's failled attempt went because either Oscar was into him before things gone hellish but than the Word Pretty Much Ended and Howard only tried to make a move there and got a "Dude, there's literally an apocalipse going on" or it went pretty much like Berties where Wilde was in to him until they slept together/talked and Oscar was like "ew you suck, let me write a literally disstrack" or or and that's my favorite the only reason Oscar even flirted with Howard was to annoy Grizzop because I refuse to not aknowledge that Wilde was upping his being annoying game as a petty revenge because the party was being mean to him back

#rqg oscar wilde #rqg #rusty quill gaming #howard carter

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