What was the curse of Tutankhamun?
The curse of King Tut was a curse thought to be given to the people who disturbed King Tut’s tomb. In the early 1930’s, a group of archeologists broke into the tomb for the first time since the King was buried. All 6 of them were dead with in a year. The main guy dying from an infected mesquito bite on his face. Many of the other helpers dies with the next year also. Total, it was like 12 people who died soon after openning the tomb. The curse was always talked about but people did not believe it until they saw the many deaths. Judge for yourself, but a group of 12 strong, younger men dying with in a year after doing anything is pretty wierd.
the only people cursed by tutankhamun were all the other pharoahs who actually did something in their reigns who are now either unknown or overshadowed by some little boy king who had no affect on history apart from the finding of his tomb, which incidentally was not even originally mean’t for him but had to be requisitioned from some poor bugger because tut’s tomb was not ready
The British Egyptologist Howard Carter (employed by Lord Carnarvon) discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb (since designated KV62) in The Valley of The Kings on November 4, 1922 near the entrance to the tomb of Ramses VI, thereby setting off a renewed interest in all things Egyptian in the modern world. Carter contacted his patron, and on November 26 that year both men became the first people to enter Tutankhamun’s tomb in over 3000 years. After many weeks of careful excavation, on February 16, 1923 Carter opened the inner chamber and first saw the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun. For many years, rumors of a “curse” (probably fueled by newspapers at the time of the discovery) persisted, emphasizing the early death of some of those who had first entered the tomb. However, a recent study of journals and death records indicates no statistical difference between the age of death of those who entered the tomb and those on the expedition who did not. Indeed, most lived past 70.
