The Fact behind The TUTANKHAMUN Curse
People said the curse started with Carnarvon’s death In late February 1923. The real reason behind his death is that Carnarvon was bitten by a mosquito and on the next day he shaved the bite and cut it which led to a severe infection and he contracted pneumonia.
After Carnarvon’s death, a spate of stories about the “curse of the Pharaohs” started to spread. This was due to two reasons:
The first reason was Mr.Carnarvon had give the permission for the excavation coverage exclusively to London Times and excluded all other press which made them unhappy and once they heard about the curse they took it as a chance for spicy news, and the rumors began.
The second reason was the sudden death for Carnarvon which happened directly after three months from the discovery, which was due to a contaminated shave after an insect bite. His death opened the door for all kinds of rumors and false stories, such as he died by a cobra bite.
But if this curse is true and there are magic talismans causing death as a punishment to anyone disturbing the resting place of the dead, it should be powerful enough to scare away the grave-robbers who used to stool everything from the tombs for many years and we could have a huge numbers of antiquities than we have now.
The truth behind this myth was explained by great Egyptologists, so here is the conclusion for this mystery:
The ancient Egyptian tombs have been sealed for thousands of years, and inside there is a mummy that was mummified with a lot of canyon. And because of this long time sealed, this can exude bacteria and chemicals and the sealed air can be harmful for a human body and lead to poisoning.
That’s why today Egyptologists make sure to open the tomb for a few hours first to relieve the toxic air before starting the excavation.
At the end we believe that these curse stories are all made up completely by different people and different thoughts or they have natural explanations. Let’s enjoy the fun part of this mystery and get to know everything about the great pharaohs from a close sight away from any magic or any scary things.