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The Mummy Curse of Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun's Funeral Mask When, in November of 1922, Howard Carter discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank at Luxor , the world was really very different then it is today. It was not a time of instant, live television coverage by investigative reporters. ...
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5 Myths That People Don't Realize Are Admitted Hoaxes
Cracked: All Posts — ... found in other tombs, but evidently King Tut figured being buried in the sands of Egypt inside a giant stone crypt was enough to deter most people from fucking with his dead body. So, combined with the fact that the curse physically is not there, and that most of Carter's remaining party lived to a ripe old age, you'd suspect this one wouldn't get much traction. And Yet... When artifacts from the tomb were on tour in the U.S. and one of the guards suffered a stroke, you guessed it: they blamed it on the curse . This was in the 1970s, 50 freaking years later. The idea became ...

5 Myths That People Don’t Realize Are Admitted Hoaxes
The Best Article Every day — ... When artifacts from the tomb were on tour in the U.S. and one of the guards suffered a stroke, you guessed it: they blamed it on the curse. This was in the 1970s, 50 freaking years later. ...

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