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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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[blackrainbowblade]

Ra, in the form of a falcon, hanging out in the Underworld (Duat).

#Ra #Egypt #Egyptian #ancient egypt #ancient egyptian #egyptology #Deir el medina #Waset #thebes #Luxor #archaeology #hieroglyphic #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism

[rudjedet]

downside: going to have to include a picture of the Giza pyramids in the slides for the lecture upside: i get to give people a crash course in why perspective matters in two frames, because

followed by

is such a funny sequence

#egyptology #pyramids #giza

[sharksandjays]

I know this isn't ninjago guys but I finished this 17 hour painting for my art class and I was proud of it so...enjoy.

I love Egypt fun fact about me. :)

#my art #art #egypt #egyptian #egyptology #egyptian art #ancient egypt #antiquity #ancient art #ancient egyptian #painting #digital painting

[holycosmolo9y]

A kooky fly-shaped clay vessel (15th Dynasty)

With its realistic representation of a fly, it includes large eyes, wings, and legs that resemble hands

#art #lol #weird #archaeology #ancient #ancient art #egyptian art #egypt #egyptology #ancient egypt #clay #clay art #kemetic #ancient kemet #kemet

[janmisali]

it's mildly annoying when people compare emoji to hieroglyphs. like I get where the misconception comes from, but it's still a little bit frustrating to see

#jan misali #linguistics #egyptology #emoji

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Eye Inlays.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: Late Period, 25th-26th Dynasty

Date: 722-525 B.C.

Medium: Stone, alabaster, pigment.

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient egypt #ancient sculpture #ancient history #archaeology #egyptology #Egyptian #Egypt #pair of eye inlays #late period #25th dynasty #26th Dynasty #722 b.c. #525 b.c.

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Ceiling and imagery of the Tomb of the Vineyards, burial of Sennefer, Mayor of the Southern City, Thebes, during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.

Photos taken by me, August 2023

It’s hard to tell which way is up and down when walking through the tunnel leading from the surface into the tomb. Before entering the main chamber there is a small antechamber whose ceiling is quite low, and then a shallow arch which leads to the main room depicted in the above photographs. Both chambers contain a good deal of paintings, however the main chamber holds the most numerous and well preserved paintings, of course. Besides the ceiling, everything is encased in glass.

#ancient egypt #egyptian mythology #egyptian hieroglyphs #egyptian art #ancient history #egyptian gods #egyptology #hieroglyphs #archaeology #egyptian history #egypt

[flightlessartist]

hathor🔴

✦ find me on instagram @the.flightless.artist ✦

#art #illustration #digital art #drawing #digital illustration #procreate app #digital drawing #digital artist #procreate art #ipad pro #digitalart #egypt #egyptology #egyptian mythology #hathor #egyptian gods #ancient egypt #mythology art #mythology #tell me other cool gods you’d want to see me draw

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The Sphinx and pyramids at Giza, Egypt, circa 1881.

#archaeology #history #architecture #egypt #pyramid #giza #egyptology #the sphinx

[ancientegyptdaily]

ANCIENT EGYPT BY TRAIN (2023) — 1.01 Alexandria Site Director Mahmoud Abd El Rahman explains the preservation of the mosaics in the Villa of the Birds, Kom El Deka, Alexandria.

#egypt #ancient egypt #egyptology #archaeology #historyedit #documentary #gifsbyancientegyptdaily #doc: ancient egypt by train #alice roberts #roman egypt #mahmoud abd el rahman #2023

[junkmixart]

The Ancient Egyptians believed the soul had three parts, the Ka, the Ba, and the Akh. The Ba was essentially a person’s double, a life force, and at death it was separated from the body. I thought it would be cool if the Ba birds were dead members of the EN9 (Khenti's archeology agency) who work as messenger birds or eyes from the skies! 🐦

LINKTREE

#Leo #Anubis #egyptology #egyptian mythology #Khenti #popi #fish #ba birds #my art #Orginal character

[blackrainbowblade]

Maat, the personification of the order behind the universe, the way things should be. The Kemetic path turns us always back to Maat.

#Maat #Kemet #Kemetic #Kemeticism #Egypt #egyptology #Egyptian #ancient Egypt #ancient Egyptian #egyptian gods

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#egyptology #tagamemnon

[m1male2]

The solar alignment every February 22 and October 22.

At dawn, sunlight penetrates from the entrance to the sanctum-sanctorum of the temple of Abu Simbel, in Aswan, Egypt, and illuminates the faces of the pharaoh (Ramesses II), the gods Ra, Amun and Ptah.

#culture #photography #museum #egyptology #art #ancient buildings #ancient cultures #ancient egypt