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Howard Carter Research Paper

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In 1981, an Englishman named Howard Carter came to Egypt, convinced there was 1 undiscovered tomb, of king Tutankhamun’s. He did find the tomb, but later on, strange things happened. Some of the strange things were; an insect bite on Carter’s wealthy backer, Lord Carnarvon’s cheek, matching the wound on Tut’s cheek, and Carter’s secretary, Richard Bethell’s father killing himself by jumping off a building. These occurrences were unexplained at the time. There was thought to be a curse placed on the tomb. Some people believe the strange events were the curse while others believe they were just a coincidence. I believe they were a coincidence. First, scientists suggest that deadly fungi and mold spores existed in ancient Egyptian tombs that

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