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Summary Of Mummy's Curse Article By Brian Handwerk

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Due to the evidence found in The Mysteries of Egypt documentary and the Mummy’s Curse article by Brian Handwerk, the mummy’s curse should not be believed in. The mummy’s curse should not be believed in for the following reasons; first of all, Brian Handwerk informed us that thousand year old tombs contain various types of bacteria, when exposed to bacteria infections can occur. This explains the ‘mysterious’ death of Lord Carnavon soon after the opening of King Tut’s tomb. Although some claim that it was the angered soul of the king, an already existing mosquito bite can easily get infected by an ancient artifact. This leads me onto my next point, according to the Mummy’s Curse article, 6 out of the 26 witnesses of the tomb opening died
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Another examination was conducted by a trauma specialist from Long Island University that showed that Tutankhamun may have been murdered while he was sleeping. Ankhesenpaaten would have had the ability to murder Tutankhamun in his sleep, considering they were husband and wife, and most likely shared the same bed. Also, Tutankhamun would have been asleep and unaware of Ankhesenpaaten striking him from the back to his head. Furthermore, X-rays showed that there was a thickening of a bone in the cranium which could only happen after a blood had been building up. Therefore, if Ankhesenpaaten killed Tutankhamun in his sleep, at night, she could have left him there to bleed out, which would explain the build-up of

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In Document C it states, “The series of modest nine-foot-deep shafts held a dozen skeletons of pyramid builders,” then later the document states that they would never bury slaves that honorably. Later Document E contradicts, “One is that no one bothers to tell us in the broadcast sources how many tombs specifically belonging to workers have been found and what proportion of the workforce they might represent.” This shows that researchers are not lying that they found tombs yet they are not stating all the

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Brier uses this evidence to suggest that he could have sustained a substantial hit to the head. R.G. Harris was the original examiner of the X ray, and he could not conclude that the injury was intentional. He structures this argument through considering the history of mummy studies. He brings information from many different studies.

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This given account “of Tutankhamen’s death is fiction, but is based on evidence that has survived 3,300 years since his death (5).” He uses the evidence to re-create what Tutankhamen’s last days were like, and to begin pointing out his argument that the king was murdered using historical and forensic evidence. In the

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He stumbled upon two sarcophagi, one for Queen Hatshepsut and another for her father. However, both were empty. For years, the riddle has focused on a separate tomb known as KV60. Inside KV60, Howard Carter discovered coffins filled with mummified geese. When the geese were removed, he discovered coffins of two women laying side by side.

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Poltergeist Curse: Myth or Reality The word Poltergeist is a compound of the German verb “polter” that mean to make noise. It is described by the Germans as the noisy ghost or the noisy spirit. It was first discovered in the 1st century in Germany. This ghost was responsible for physical disturbance, such as loud noises, and objects being moved, destroyed or thrown on people.

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Our theory is that simple. We believe that King Tut was in a carriage, then he fell down, perhaps because of a rock in the way of the carriage. The malaria made him shaky, resulting in him falling off the carriage more easily, and him having his muscular dystrophy contributed towards a more severe result that could’ve resulted in

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This matters because the pottery and other stuff that the Egyptians left in the tombs helps us learn about who the person was. We don't need mummies, we only need the stuff that's not the

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The pharaoh's curse is such an interesting thing to research, i had found so many cool things and theories about what caused the ‘curse’. Recorded scientists who have handled egyptians pharaohs mummified bodies mummy had after shown signs of mental derangement and some other forms of diseases. General inspector Engelbeck, an egyptologist had explored the tombs had found a curse tablet that stated “The spirit of the dead will wring the neck of a grave robber as if it were that of a goose.” Engelbeck, still exploring had then found two corpses, one mummified in egypt robes of a pharaoh, and the other a missing grave robber who had shown signs of being killed by a stone that had fallen from the ceiling when he reached out to the the jewelry.

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The Golden Canary that helped them find the tomb was not actually killed by a Cobra, but given to a friend. The media claimed that Lord Carnarvon was in great shape, but in reality he was in poor health. Just like today, Media tried to make their headlines more interesting so people would purchase their articles. Exaggerating facts about the events of the discovery of King Tut’s Tomb was very easy. Howard Carter, who was the one who found the tomb, didn’t believe in a curse and died of natural causes at the age of 64.

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A Research work on the 'Mysteries of Tutankhamun and His grave, the Egyptian Boy King' There are no surviving records of Tutankhamun's final days. What caused Tutankhamun's death has been the subject of considerable debate. Major studies have been conducted in an effort to establish the cause of death. There is some evidence, advanced by Harvard microbiologist Ralph Mitchell, that his burial may have been hurried.

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Despite the conspiracy theories behind King Tutankhamun’s death, the real reason behind his death was disease and not murder. Tut’s tomb which was discovered in 1922 and had been able to avoid the plunders of tomb raiders

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The curse of the Pharaohs. The curse is a rumor that was spread around by egyptians. They spread it around to try and keep thieves out of the ancient tombs. It can also just be a myth that people believe. The curse of the Pharaohs can really be many things related to each other.

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According to Zohi Hawass’ article on King Tut’s Family Secrets, mummies lead archaeologists and scholars to contradicting feelings about whether they should be studied or not. Inspecting Tutankhamun’s body, artifacts and two fetuses found in the tomb drove archaeologists to pose questions needing answers. CT scan assisted in determining that Tutankhamun was nineteen years old when dying, had a broken leg, and skull’s hole. Moreover, using DNA analysis displayed Tutankhamun’s clubbed foot, missing toe’s bone, and disease’s pathogen. Both CT scan and DNA analysis helped archaeologists discover Tutankhamun’s complex family relationship and how his family sibling marriage led them to suffer from genetic diseases.

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Though Carter was focused on getting inside the rest of the tomb, he noted that the doorway had been sealed three different times. These findings lead Carter to the conclusion that the tomb had been robbed in the past. Carter and other archeologists even noted that king Tut’s tomb was not decorated and did not have many of the grand features of a normal pharaoh’s tomb. Though the tomb was quickly constructed, Carter’s discoveries proved that King Tut’s tomb was the greatest ancient Egyptian tomb ever discovered (“KV62” 1). Carter still had plenty of work to do though, to prove that this was the greatest tomb ever

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