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In
the year 1922, a wealthy Englishman by the name of Howard
Carter, discovered the burial site of King Tutankhamen in the Valley
of the Kings. There were many gold treasures, objects, and even food
buried in this site. Due to this great archaeological discovery, many
other archaeologists went to the Valley of the Kings. Soon after,
mysterious things began to occur. Many of the archaeologists that
entered the tomb got ill and eventually died. It is recorded that
during the 1920's, more than two dozen of these men died shortly after
entering King Tut's tomb. This was the beginning of the curse of King
Tut.
Around
the Spring of 1923, Lord Carnarvon was bitten by a
mosquito on the cheek. When shaving, he cut the mosquito bite. It got
infected and then Lord Carnarvon died, and at that exact moment all the
lights in the city of Cairo mysteriously went out. The morning that
Lord Carnarvon died his dog began to howl and then all of a sudden
dropped dead. The curse of King Tut gained most of its publicity by the
media. The media's hype is what made other stories surface. One
involves Howard Carter's pet. His pet canary was killed by a cobra
right after discovering King Tut's tomb.
Many
people believed the curse of King Tut to be true, until
1986. In 1986 a French doctor, Caroline Stenger-Phillip, found an
explanation for the mysterious deaths. Dr. Stenger-Phillip stated that
since there were fruits and vegetables in the tomb, it was very likely
that they grew mold and formed organic dust particles. These particles
may have had a high allergenic potency. He also claimed that the
archaeologists had an allergic reaction after breathing in these
particles which led to their death. He did not believe that the curse
of King Tut was the cause for the mysterious deaths.
To
many the curse of King Tut is still a mystery, to others it
is just superstition, but yet there are still those who truly believe
in the curse. Does the curse truly exist or at least did it exist?
Do you believe in the "Curse of King Tutankhamen"?
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