SOFT NEWS Scientist cracks cause of 'Pharaoh's curse' that killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922

[Dash]

Scientist cracks cause of 'Pharaoh's curse' that killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922​

A scientist claims to have cracked the cause of the 'Pharaoh's curse' that was believed to have killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Ancient Egyptian text threatens 'death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose' to anyone who disturbs royal mummified remains - but Ross Fellowes has suggested there was a biological reason behind the deaths.

The study determined the cause was radiation poisoning from natural elements containing uranium and toxic waste that was deliberately put inside the sealed vault.

Exposure to substances could have led to certain cancers, like the one that took the life of archaeologist Howard Carter - the first person to walk inside Tut's tomb more than 100 years ago.

The theory effectively proves that the tomb was indeed 'cursed' - although in a deliberate, biological way - rather than in a supernatural manner that has been suggested by some Ancient Egyptologists.

A scientist claims to have cracked the case of the 'Pharaoh's curse' that was believed to have killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Pictured is Howard Carter who was long said to die from the curse

The boy king was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

Carter died in 1939 likely of a heart attack after a long battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which impacts the germ-fighting immune system of the body - and radiation poisoning has been linked as a cause of the cancer.

Lord Carnarvon, one of the men who also walked through the treasured filled rooms, died from blood poisoning five months after the discovery.

He suffered a severe mosquito bite, which became infected after a razor cut.

Shortly after the tomb was opened, there was a short power failure and all the lights throughout Cairo went out.

Carnarvon's son also reported that his favorite dog howled and suddenly dropped dead.

Other people involved in the excavation died of asphyxia, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, pneumonia, poisoning, malaria and X-ray exposure - they all passed in their 50s.

British Egyptologist Arthur Weigall attended the opening of Tut’s tomb, where he was accused of inciting the ‘myth’ of the curse - he died of cancer at 54 years old.

Lord Carnarvon (left) and Howard Carter (right) have long been said to have died because of the Pharaoh's cures

The study determined the cause was radiation poisoning from natural elements and toxic waste deliberately put inside the sealed vaults

King Tut died at around the age of 18 and his cause of death is unknown. Pictured is the boy's face after it was unwrapped

However, inscriptions found inside other burials throughout Egypt suggested the ancient people knew about the toxins.

The text included areas were 'forbidden' because of 'evil spirits.'

The study, published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, explained that high radiation levels were also documented in Old Kingdom tomb ruins, in two locations at Giza and in several underground tombs at Saqqara.

The same conclusion was also found throughout the Osiris tomb at Giza.

Fellowes noted that 'intense radioactivity was associated with two stone coffers, especially from the interiors.'

Pictured is a luncheon in a tomb, present are J H Breasted (died from X-ray exposure, Harry Burton (died from diabetes), A Lucas, A R Callender (died from ill health), Arthur Mace (died from poison) - all no older than their 50s

The first sight of the tomb when the door was broken down

Professor Robert Temple noted that the coffers were made of basalt, determining that they 'were a point source of radiation, as opposed to general trace natural levels (of radon) from the surrounding limestone bedrock.'

Other studies have directly measured radon gas at various locations in tombs at Saqqara.

Radon gas is an intermediate product of uranium decay, with a half-life of 3.8 days.

Ambient radon concentrations were identified at six locations through the Saqqara ruins: the South Tomb, the magazines of Djoser’s pyramid, and the Serapeum tomb tunnels.

Thousands of pots excavated under the Step Pyramid in the 1960s contained up to 200 tons of unidentified substances that have yet to be identified - suggesting toxins were buried with mummified remains.

However, inscriptions found inside other burials throughout Egypt suggested the ancient people knew about the toxins. The text included areas were 'forbidden' because of 'evil spirits' (pictured)

Thousands of pots excavated under the Step Pyramid in the 1960s contained up to 200 tons of unidentified substances that have yet to be identified


'Reported strong radiation (as radon) in tomb ruins has been loosely attributed to the natural background from the parent bedrock,' Fellowes shared.

'However, the levels are unusually high and localized, which is not consistent with the characteristics of the limestone bedrock but implies some other unnatural source(s).'

On November 4, 1922, Carter's group found steps that led to Tutankhamun's tomb and spent several months cataloguing the antechamber.

The team opened the burial chamber and discovered the the sarcophagus in February the following year.

The boy's face was on display inside his tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor

The feet of the Boy Pharaoh King Tutankhamun protrudes from the linen covering his mummy after it was placed in a special climatized glass case inside his tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor

The tomb is considered one of the most lavish to be discovered in history, filled with precious objects to aid the young Pharaoh on his voyage to the afterlife.

The trove of grave goods included 5,000 items including solid gold funeral shoes, statues, games and strange animals.

The small size of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, given his standing in the Egyptian history, has baffled experts for years.

Carter and his team took 10 years to clear the tomb of its treasure.

The boy king was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

He was the son of Akhenaten and took to the throne at the age of nine or ten.

When Tut became king, he married his half-sister, Ankhesenpaaten.

He died at around the age of 18 and his cause of death is unknown.

The young king, however, was plagued with health issues due to his parent’s being brother and sister.

A reconstruction of his face and body showed the world a glimpse of what ailments he may have endured.

A reconstruction of his face and body showed the world a glimpse of what ailments he may have endured. King Tut had buck teeth, a club foot and girlish hips, according to the most detailed examination ever of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s remains

Scientists have used scans of King Tut's remains to construct his face

A ‘virtual autopsy’, composed of more than 2,000 computer scans, was carried out in tandem with a genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family, which supports evidence that his parents were brother and sister

King Tut had buck teeth, a club foot and girlish hips, according to the most detailed examination ever of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s remains.

And rather than being a boy king with a love of chariot racing, Tut relied on walking sticks to get around during his rule in the 14th century BC, researchers said.

A ‘virtual autopsy’, composed of more than 2,000 computer scans, was carried out in tandem with a genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family, which supports evidence that his parents were brother and sister.

The scientists believe that this left him with physical impairments triggered by hormonal imbalances. And his family history could also have led to his premature death in his late teens.

Various myths suggest he was murdered or was involved in a chariot crash after fractures were found in his skull and other parts of his skeleton.

But recently, scientists have suggested King Tut may have died of an inherited illness because only one of the breaks occurred before his death - and his club foot would have made chariot racing impossible.

Hutan Ashrafian, a lecturer in surgery at Imperial College London, said that several members of the family appeared to have suffered from ailments which can be explained by hormonal imbalances.

Evidence of King Tut’s physical limitations were also backed up by 130 used walking canes found in his tomb.

Scientist cracks cause of 'Pharaoh's curse' linked to King Tut's tomb

 

[WalknTrot]

The source journal - self describes as " Journal of Scientific Exploration: Anomalistics and Frontier Science".

Lots of pretty pictures (Tut's tomb looks like every granny's attic!) but it's reaching too far to think the Egyptians had any knowledge of irradiation or pathogens. Toxins? Maybe, but there would be hard evidence still there today, and easy to positively identify. Yet, I don't see any documented.

 

[Macgyver]

Radiation was discovered in the late 1800's.
When was it readily detectable?

But the article refers to it as X-rays for some reason.

 

[Dash]

The source journal - self describes as " Journal of Scientific Exploration: Anomalistics and Frontier Science".

Lots of pretty pictures (Tut's tomb looks like every granny's attic!) but it's reaching too far to think the Egyptians had any knowledge of irradiation or pathogens. Toxins? Maybe, but there would be hard evidence still there today, and easy to positively identify. Yet, I don't see any documented.


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Agreed. It’s also a stretch to attribute some of deaths to radiation or toxins. One of the deaths was attributed to diabetes.

 

[Shadow]

Radiation was discovered in the late 1800's.
When was it readily detectable?

But the article refers to it as X-rays for some reason.

They may have recognized the effect but not understood the cause, like poisons that were not understood till much later.

Shadow

 

[Dobbin]

Radiation was discovered in the late 1800's.
When was it readily detectable?

But the article refers to it as X-rays for some reason.

I suspect they knew of the "effects" but were unaware of the source other than "the material in those pots."

Confined to a small burial vault, radon daughter products could "build up" magnifying the effect.

Owner tells of "confined space entry permits" in his power plant work. And full biohazard suits and respirators. The hazard protection science was unknown then.

And scores of "builder-drones" were expendable compared to the "elite" of that day.

Much like now.

Dobbin

 

[mrrk1562]

Ok so did the realtor know about the radon before he sold that temple to King Tut

 

[CaryC]

Grave robbers, no matter what their official name is, have never been an acceptable job. Wait........

Young Frankenstein comes to mind.

 

[Roger Thornhill]

The source journal - self describes as " Journal of Scientific Exploration: Anomalistics and Frontier Science".

Lots of pretty pictures (Tut's tomb looks like every granny's attic!) but it's reaching too far to think the Egyptians had any knowledge of irradiation or pathogens. Toxins? Maybe, but there would be hard evidence still there today, and easy to positively identify. Yet, I don't see any documented.


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You might be surprised by the medical and pharmacological knowledge the ancients possessed. One mummy was found to have a trephination in the skull to allow brain surgery. The sutures from the healed window in the skull showed that the surgery was successful, and the patient lived another seventeen years!

 

[Macgyver]

They may have recognized the effect but not understood the cause, like poisons that were not understood till much later.

Shadow

I suspect they knew of the "effects" but were unaware of the source other than "the material in those pots."

Confined to a small burial vault, radon daughter products could "build up" magnifying the effect.

Owner tells of "confined space entry permits" in his power plant work. And full biohazard suits and respirators. The hazard protection science was unknown then.

And scores of "builder-drones" were expendable compared to the "elite" of that day.

Much like now.

Dobbin

I was thinking more along the diagnosis of them after the fact.

Definitely would not have been looking for it up front.

Hell nowadays your only looking at the air. Not looking for radioactive stuff.

 

[ShadowMan]

Wouldn't be surprised if they loaded the tombs with all kinds of diseases.

 

[wait-n-see]

from below:

"It's impossible to say if aspergillus or any other fungi contributed to Lord Carnarvon's or Gould's deaths. Today, archaeologists wear gloves, masks, and sometimes a disposable clothing barrier to protect themselves from mold and fungi, according to "Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, and Archaeology."

Perhaps the most mundane explanation of the curse comes from Frank McClanahan, a physician who treated Lord Carnarvon during his illness in Luxor. The deaths are a small number of the many who visited the tomb.

"[T]here were archaeologists coming and going all the time from all parts of the world," he said in a 1972 interview. "If you took any large crowd of people and checked back later, you would find a certain percentage of deaths among them.""



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Could the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb be caused by fungi?

Jenny McGrath Aug 9, 2023, 1:02 PM CDT

• Rumors of a curse have persisted since Howard Carter and others found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
• The deaths of Lord Carnarvon and others associated with the excavation perpetuated the speculation.
• Experts have long wondered if fungi contributed to some of the deaths.

In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter found what he'd spent the last six years searching for: King Tutankhamun's tomb. It was nestled in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt and its treasures are still considered one of archaeology's most legendary finds.

But Carter's glory and fame came at a price: On the day Carter opened the tomb, a snake killed his canary. Some of the Egyptian staff regarded it as a "warning from the spirit of the departed King against further intrusion on the privacy of his tomb," the New York Times reported.

Rumors continued to swirl of a mummy curse that Carter had unleashed, especially when people associated with the excavation started dying.

However, as decades passed and more members of Carter's team died, scientists began to wonder if there was a much more mundane reason for the deaths.

The tomb of Tutankhamun and the first death attributed to the curse ​

In April 1923, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, lay feverish and coughing in a Cairo hospital. When he died on April 5, the lights in the city went out, LiveScience reported.

Back at his home in Hampshire, England, Lord Carnarvon's dog, Susie, died within a few hours of when he succumbed.

The NYT listed cause of death as pneumonia, triggered by an infected insect bite he had cut while shaving. But because he'd been present at the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb a few months prior, rumors of a curse started to swirl.

Lord Carnarvon, his daughter Lady Evelyn Herbert, and Howard Carter stand at the entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun. Harry Burton/Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images
Lord Carnarvon's NYT obituary noted that even before he was ill, "there had been talk of curses laid by the ancient Egyptians, with mystic incantations, on any who dared disturb the sleep of a Pharaoh."

A day after Carnarvon's death, the paper quoted spiritualist and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as saying "a malevolent spirit may have caused Lord Carnarvon's fatal illness."

Around the same time, however, Sir Ernest A. Wallis Budge of the British Museum described the curse theories as "bunkum" to the NYT.

The many deaths connected to Tutankhamun's curse​

Whispers of the curse continued when American financier George Jay Gould died in May 1923 of pneumonia, a few months after visiting the tomb, per JSTOR.

And Philip Livingston Poe, a relative of Edgar Allen Poe, also caught pneumonia a few months after visiting the tomb in 1923. His illness made the papers and was connected to the "Mummies' Curse," though he lived another 47 years.

When Richard Bethell, Howard Carter's secretary, died in 1929, various reports said he was either the ninth, tenth, or thirteenth person associated with the excavation to die.

In total, the number of deaths that newspapers attributed to the curse ranged from nine to over 20, depending on whether you include visitors to the tomb and excavators' relatives.

The wide range of deaths attributed to the curse included those killed in car accidents, shootings, a house fire, and those who took their own lives. Some had never visited the tomb and were merely related to someone who had.

Egyptologist Howard Carter, left, and an unidentified man, examine the sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun. Apic/Getty Images
Despite the Western media's voracious appetite for this mummy curse notion, it was very rare for Western newspapers to include Egyptians' deaths in their curse coverage. One of the few was Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, who reportedly visited the tomb. In 1923, his wife shot and killed him at the Savoy Hotel in London, and a sensational trial followed.

But dozens of Egyptian laborers contributed physical and skilled labor to excavate Tutankhamun's tomb. Because Carter never named most of them in his notes, and they were rarely mentioned in the press, it's difficult to know how clearing millennials-old dust and debris affected their health.

The curse of the fungi? ​

As the decades passed, some scientists wondered if there was something deadly lurking in Tutankhamun's tomb: fungi.

Two physicians published a letter in The Lancet in 2003 stating that aspergillus, a common mold, could have sickened Lord Carnarvon.

Aspergillosis can cause coughing, shortness of breath, but it's more serious for those who have weakened immune systems. Lord Carnarvon originally began visiting Egypt after a serious car accident in 1903 damaged his lungs, which would have made him especially susceptible to the mold.

For a 2013 study, Harvard University researchers looked at brown spots found on the walls of Tutankhamun's tomb, which were present when Carter first unsealed the tomb. The microbiologists wanted to determine if fungi or other microbes were responsible for the spots and posed a health risk to visitors.

Egyptian carpenters prepare to reseal Tutankhamun's tomb with Howard Carter circa 1923. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

While the analysis found evidence of fungal communities and bacteria, they were no longer active and posed no threat to visitors or the paintings.

It's impossible to say if aspergillus or any other fungi contributed to Lord Carnarvon's or Gould's deaths. Today, archaeologists wear gloves, masks, and sometimes a disposable clothing barrier to protect themselves from mold and fungi, according to "Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, and Archaeology."

Perhaps the most mundane explanation of the curse comes from Frank McClanahan, a physician who treated Lord Carnarvon during his illness in Luxor. The deaths are a small number of the many who visited the tomb.

"[T]here were archaeologists coming and going all the time from all parts of the world," he said in a 1972 interview. "If you took any large crowd of people and checked back later, you would find a certain percentage of deaths among them."

 

[SmithJ]

BS - if anything it was fungi and bacteria

 

[Melodi]

I thought the idea that they were using radiation on purpose to be a bit far out. It is possible that they noticed that people who spent too much time working with a specific type of stone tended to become ill. But the artifacts themselves were highly carved. It does make sense to me to have highly skilled craftsmen essentially commit suicide to create them, suggesting the effects took a long time to manifest because the exposures were small.

On the other hand, the Egyptians had quite an advanced understanding of many forms of herbs, toxins, and medical techniques. When Nightwolf was in medical school, he re-read some of Moses's books and said, "Whoever he was, he studied medicine in Egypt."

So, it is plausible that the Egyptians figured out contagions and various pathogens and could leave selected ones, along with positions known to cause breathing difficulties and even a slow death after prolonged (or shorter) exposures.

They probably knew that some diseases contaminate clothing, and if someone touches or handles that clothing later, they may sicken or even die. They probably had "washes" of various sorts they could paint onto objects that might cause poisoning or disease.

Even during their period, they had a well-founded fear of tomb robbers. They would also not have seen a break between the magical and the scientific the way the "modern" Western world does today. So, it makes sense that you would combine your magical cursing spell with a poisoned chalice to curse anyone who dared to disturb Pharoh and his eternal rest.

After all, these were people who somehow figured out that dried crocodile dung was a reliable birth control device. Laughed at by moderns until tested in a modern lab, it turns out it is a highly effective spermicide (once you get over the ick factor but dried in the Egyptian sun, the pathogens are destroyed, but the spermicidal effects stay intact).

 

[SAPPHIRE]

IMO ... the "ancients" were not ignorant of many elements which the west has forgotten ...

 

[subnet]

IMO ... the "ancients" were not ignorant of many elements which the west has forgotten ...

There supposedly is stonework that we cannot recreate even with all of our hightech crap, which is probably just a drop in the bucket of forgotten knowledge.

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

I thought the idea that they were using radiation on purpose to be a bit far out. It is possible that they noticed that people who spent too much time working with a specific type of stone tended to become ill. But the artifacts themselves were highly carved. It does make sense to me to have highly skilled craftsmen essentially commit suicide to create them, suggesting the effects took a long time to manifest because the exposures were small.

On the other hand, the Egyptians had quite an advanced understanding of many forms of herbs, toxins, and medical techniques. When Nightwolf was in medical school, he re-read some of Moses's books and said, "Whoever he was, he studied medicine in Egypt."

So, it is plausible that the Egyptians figured out contagions and various pathogens and could leave selected ones, along with positions known to cause breathing difficulties and even a slow death after prolonged (or shorter) exposures.

They probably knew that some diseases contaminate clothing, and if someone touches or handles that clothing later, they may sicken or even die. They probably had "washes" of various sorts they could paint onto objects that might cause poisoning or disease.

Even during their period, they had a well-founded fear of tomb robbers. They would also not have seen a break between the magical and the scientific the way the "modern" Western world does today. So, it makes sense that you would combine your magical cursing spell with a poisoned chalice to curse anyone who dared to disturb Pharoh and his eternal rest.

After all, these were people who somehow figured out that dried crocodile dung was a reliable birth control device. Laughed at by moderns until tested in a modern lab, it turns out it is a highly effective spermicide (once you get over the ick factor but dried in the Egyptian sun, the pathogens are destroyed, but the spermicidal effects stay intact).

If you read the Emerald Tablets or the Lost Book of Enki, the egyptions were far, far, far more advanced than we will ever know. Plus so much of history has been erased, rewritten and such that electricity existed before, perhaps they figured a nefarious use for waste byproducts of industry.

 

[Ractivist]

I wonder if the natives in the picture ever got their atta boys from their tribes.......did they become famous? Do they have a museum.......do folks talk about old old grandpa tut n hand? If not, is there a lawsuit here..? Racist btards.

 

[bracketquant]

Scientist cracks cause of 'Pharaoh's curse' that killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922​

A scientist claims to have cracked the cause of the 'Pharaoh's curse' that was believed to have killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Ancient Egyptian text threatens 'death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose' to anyone who disturbs royal mummified remains - but Ross Fellowes has suggested there was a biological reason behind the deaths.

The study determined the cause was radiation poisoning from natural elements containing uranium and toxic waste that was deliberately put inside the sealed vault.

Exposure to substances could have led to certain cancers, like the one that took the life of archaeologist Howard Carter - the first person to walk inside Tut's tomb more than 100 years ago.

The theory effectively proves that the tomb was indeed 'cursed' - although in a deliberate, biological way - rather than in a supernatural manner that has been suggested by some Ancient Egyptologists.

A scientist claims to have cracked the case of the 'Pharaoh's curse' that was believed to have killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Pictured is Howard Carter who was long said to die from the curse

The boy king was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

Carter died in 1939 likely of a heart attack after a long battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, which impacts the germ-fighting immune system of the body - and radiation poisoning has been linked as a cause of the cancer.

Lord Carnarvon, one of the men who also walked through the treasured filled rooms, died from blood poisoning five months after the discovery.

He suffered a severe mosquito bite, which became infected after a razor cut.

Shortly after the tomb was opened, there was a short power failure and all the lights throughout Cairo went out.

Carnarvon's son also reported that his favorite dog howled and suddenly dropped dead.

Other people involved in the excavation died of asphyxia, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, pneumonia, poisoning, malaria and X-ray exposure - they all passed in their 50s.

British Egyptologist Arthur Weigall attended the opening of Tut’s tomb, where he was accused of inciting the ‘myth’ of the curse - he died of cancer at 54 years old.

Lord Carnarvon (left) and Howard Carter (right) have long been said to have died because of the Pharaoh's cures

The study determined the cause was radiation poisoning from natural elements and toxic waste deliberately put inside the sealed vaults

King Tut died at around the age of 18 and his cause of death is unknown. Pictured is the boy's face after it was unwrapped

However, inscriptions found inside other burials throughout Egypt suggested the ancient people knew about the toxins.

The text included areas were 'forbidden' because of 'evil spirits.'

The study, published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, explained that high radiation levels were also documented in Old Kingdom tomb ruins, in two locations at Giza and in several underground tombs at Saqqara.

The same conclusion was also found throughout the Osiris tomb at Giza.

Fellowes noted that 'intense radioactivity was associated with two stone coffers, especially from the interiors.'

Pictured is a luncheon in a tomb, present are J H Breasted (died from X-ray exposure, Harry Burton (died from diabetes), A Lucas, A R Callender (died from ill health), Arthur Mace (died from poison) - all no older than their 50s

The first sight of the tomb when the door was broken down

Professor Robert Temple noted that the coffers were made of basalt, determining that they 'were a point source of radiation, as opposed to general trace natural levels (of radon) from the surrounding limestone bedrock.'

Other studies have directly measured radon gas at various locations in tombs at Saqqara.

Radon gas is an intermediate product of uranium decay, with a half-life of 3.8 days.

Ambient radon concentrations were identified at six locations through the Saqqara ruins: the South Tomb, the magazines of Djoser’s pyramid, and the Serapeum tomb tunnels.

Thousands of pots excavated under the Step Pyramid in the 1960s contained up to 200 tons of unidentified substances that have yet to be identified - suggesting toxins were buried with mummified remains.

However, inscriptions found inside other burials throughout Egypt suggested the ancient people knew about the toxins. The text included areas were 'forbidden' because of 'evil spirits' (pictured)

Thousands of pots excavated under the Step Pyramid in the 1960s contained up to 200 tons of unidentified substances that have yet to be identified


'Reported strong radiation (as radon) in tomb ruins has been loosely attributed to the natural background from the parent bedrock,' Fellowes shared.

'However, the levels are unusually high and localized, which is not consistent with the characteristics of the limestone bedrock but implies some other unnatural source(s).'

On November 4, 1922, Carter's group found steps that led to Tutankhamun's tomb and spent several months cataloguing the antechamber.

The team opened the burial chamber and discovered the the sarcophagus in February the following year.

The boy's face was on display inside his tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, close to Luxor

The feet of the Boy Pharaoh King Tutankhamun protrudes from the linen covering his mummy after it was placed in a special climatized glass case inside his tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor

The tomb is considered one of the most lavish to be discovered in history, filled with precious objects to aid the young Pharaoh on his voyage to the afterlife.

The trove of grave goods included 5,000 items including solid gold funeral shoes, statues, games and strange animals.

The small size of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, given his standing in the Egyptian history, has baffled experts for years.

Carter and his team took 10 years to clear the tomb of its treasure.

The boy king was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC.

He was the son of Akhenaten and took to the throne at the age of nine or ten.

When Tut became king, he married his half-sister, Ankhesenpaaten.

He died at around the age of 18 and his cause of death is unknown.

The young king, however, was plagued with health issues due to his parent’s being brother and sister.

A reconstruction of his face and body showed the world a glimpse of what ailments he may have endured.

A reconstruction of his face and body showed the world a glimpse of what ailments he may have endured. King Tut had buck teeth, a club foot and girlish hips, according to the most detailed examination ever of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s remains

Scientists have used scans of King Tut's remains to construct his face

A ‘virtual autopsy’, composed of more than 2,000 computer scans, was carried out in tandem with a genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family, which supports evidence that his parents were brother and sister

King Tut had buck teeth, a club foot and girlish hips, according to the most detailed examination ever of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s remains.

And rather than being a boy king with a love of chariot racing, Tut relied on walking sticks to get around during his rule in the 14th century BC, researchers said.

A ‘virtual autopsy’, composed of more than 2,000 computer scans, was carried out in tandem with a genetic analysis of Tutankhamun’s family, which supports evidence that his parents were brother and sister.

The scientists believe that this left him with physical impairments triggered by hormonal imbalances. And his family history could also have led to his premature death in his late teens.

Various myths suggest he was murdered or was involved in a chariot crash after fractures were found in his skull and other parts of his skeleton.

But recently, scientists have suggested King Tut may have died of an inherited illness because only one of the breaks occurred before his death - and his club foot would have made chariot racing impossible.

Hutan Ashrafian, a lecturer in surgery at Imperial College London, said that several members of the family appeared to have suffered from ailments which can be explained by hormonal imbalances.

Evidence of King Tut’s physical limitations were also backed up by 130 used walking canes found in his tomb.

Scientist cracks cause of 'Pharaoh's curse' linked to King Tut's tomb

Looking at the simulated facial reconstruction, I'd say his parents were likely brother and sister, maybe from West Virginia.

 

[Voortrekker]

The ancient Ancients had electricity, international travel and even space travel. The cosmic events which wiped out civilization on Earth wiped out the structures and the technologies.

Those ancient Ancients did know about uranium and radiological contaminants because their industries used them. Look at those newly discovered ancient monuments in Turkey and the Andes. Putting a "curse" on a tomb is akin to warning low intellect people the way the current .gov warned about...(insert hysteria here).

 

[Melodi]

I am not sure about space travel in Egypt (certainly not in the 18th dynasty), but they probably did have electricity in some form, but they probably didn't use it the way we do. We know the Mesopotamians were creating batteries, and both civilizations were in contact with each other, occasionally exchanging royal ladies for their harems. The Mesopotamians probably used their batteries for pain relief, as the only battery found so far was in a physician's office. Still, they may have used them for other things like jewelry creation.

There is a hint that the Egyptians may have used power to create a large lamp for light when painting and creating wall paintings in tombs and inside dark temples. This is highly debated. There is one picture of what might be such a creation. Every few years, bored archeology majors get together with bored electrical engineering majors and recreate one. Only to have another round of articles by the "Acadamy," who insists the Egyptians never made such an item. I suggest they probably did, given the royal tombs have no torch marks or smoke residue. Still, at the moment, it is a "forbidden" topic in mainstream archeology until someone finds pieces of such an ancient lamp or perhaps a description of one either in Egypt or the newly reconstructed library that was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD.

I do not discount that there MIGHT have been a previous high-tech civilization that the Egyptians had some past knowledge of. But by the 18th dynasty, there wasn't much evidence that anything was still in use (even if this theory was true). However, they may have had gliders. There are a lot of cliffs in Egypt, and there are tiny replicas of gliders or airplanes that look very much like them. They are "bees" to mainstream archeology, and some may be representations of bees, but I suspect some are gliders. Like the possibility of hot air balloons in Peru, all the technology for building gliders existed in Egypt, and you don't need a rocket scientist to figure out how to make either of those items. I suspect if they were used, they were used in rituals and for special effects rather than recreation. Which I suspect was also the case for any large "light bulbs" on a stand and surrounded by priests in the one painting we have.

Much of the ancient world has been lost to us. Over time, we recover some of it, but often, it can take a generation or two to accept such evidence. Part of the problem is you can't find what you are not allowed to look for.

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

I am not sure about space travel in Egypt (certainly not in the 18th dynasty), but they probably did have electricity in some form, but they probably didn't use it the way we do. We know the Mesopotamians were creating batteries, and both civilizations were in contact with each other, occasionally exchanging royal ladies for their harems. The Mesopotamians probably used their batteries for pain relief, as the only battery found so far was in a physician's office. Still, they may have used them for other things like jewelry creation.

There is a hint that the Egyptians may have used power to create a large lamp for light when painting and creating wall paintings in tombs and inside dark temples. This is highly debated. There is one picture of what might be such a creation. Every few years, bored archeology majors get together with bored electrical engineering majors and recreate one. Only to have another round of articles by the "Acadamy," who insists the Egyptians never made such an item. I suggest they probably did, given the royal tombs have no torch marks or smoke residue. Still, at the moment, it is a "forbidden" topic in mainstream archeology until someone finds pieces of such an ancient lamp or perhaps a description of one either in Egypt or the newly reconstructed library that was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD.

I do not discount that there MIGHT have been a previous high-tech civilization that the Egyptians had some past knowledge of. But by the 18th dynasty, there wasn't much evidence that anything was still in use (even if this theory was true). However, they may have had gliders. There are a lot of cliffs in Egypt, and there are tiny replicas of gliders or airplanes that look very much like them. They are "bees" to mainstream archeology, and some may be representations of bees, but I suspect some are gliders. Like the possibility of hot air balloons in Peru, all the technology for building gliders existed in Egypt, and you don't need a rocket scientist to figure out how to make either of those items. I suspect if they were used, they were used in rituals and for special effects rather than recreation. Which I suspect was also the case for any large "light bulbs" on a stand and surrounded by priests in the one painting we have.

Much of the ancient world has been lost to us. Over time, we recover some of it, but often, it can take a generation or two to accept such evidence. Part of the problem is you can't find what you are not allowed to look for.

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