The Curse of the Pharaohs

The royal cobra (uraeus), representing the protective goddess Dajet, is the apex of Tutankhamun’s mask.

The Curse of the Pharaohs refers to the belief that anyone disturbing the mummy of an ancient Egyptian person, especially if he were a pharaoh, should curse. This curse, which does not differentiate between thieves and well-intentioned archaeologists, has caused bad luck, illness or death. Since the mid-twentieth century, many have discussed The book and documentary films that curse stemming from explanatory scientific reasons such as bacteria or radiation. However, the modern origins of Egyptian tales of the mummy curse are primarily in European cultures, and the shift from magic to science to explain curses, and on changing their uses from the disruption of the dead to the amusement of the masses in Horror movies, indicating that the Egyptian curses are primarily a cultural phenomenon, not exclusively scientific. [1]

There are occasional cases of real ancient curses appearing inside or on the façade of a tomb, as is the case for the mastaba (an ancient Egyptian burial) from Khentika, my brother from the sixth dynasty Saqqara. They appear to be a direct directive toward priests to carefully protect the tomb and maintain ritual purity rather than warning against possible thieves. Although there are stories of curses dating back to the nineteenth century, they have multiplied in the wake of Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. Despite popular misconceptions, there was no real sin curse present in the tomb of Pharaoh. [2] Evidence for such curses related to King Tutankhamun has been considered to be so insignificant that it is viewed as a “pure applause trap” by Donald Redford. [3]

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The myth of the curse of the pharaohs began at the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922 AD, and the first thing that caught their attention was inscriptions saying: “Death will strike with the wings of the two people who disturb the king’s peace.” This is the phrase that was found inscribed on the tomb of Tutankhamun, which was followed by a series of strange incidents that began with a death. Many workers searching the cemetery, which baffled scientists and people, and made many believe in what was called “the curse of the pharaohs,” and among them were some archaeologists who participated in the discovery of the civilizations of the pharaohs, that the ancient Egyptian priests cast their curse on anyone trying to transfer these relics From its place .. where it was said that a strong sandstorm erupted around the tomb of Tutankhamun on the day it was opened. A falcon was seen flying over the tomb, and it is known that the falcon is one of the sacred symbols of the pharaohs. But there is a German scientist who opened the file of this phenomenon that occupied many to explain why, medicine and chemistry, forty scientists and researchers died before it was too late. The reason was that young king .. Tutankhamun. And although this king had no historical value and perhaps he was a ruler, he did not. He does a lot … and perhaps in the era of a counter-revolution against King Akhenaten, the first to call for monotheism. But this young king certainly derived his great importance because his tomb was untouched by any of the thieves. So it reached us after thirty-three centuries in complete safety. The king is also the source of the Pharaonic curse, so all those who touched him or touched him were chased by death one after the other, recording that impressed and strangest what a person knew in terms of punishment. The clear thing is that these forty died. But the mysterious thing is that death is for very trivial reasons and in incomprehensible circumstances. Scientists could not explain it scientifically and clearly.

Tutankhamun, the cemetery owner, the coffin and the curses ruled Egypt for nine years from 1358 to 1349 BC. Howard Carter discovered his tomb, and years of torment, sweat and despair began. On November 6, 1922 AD, Howard went to Lord Carnarvon, saying to him, “Finally, I discovered something wonderful in the Valley of the Kings. You have closed the cover on the doors and the basement until you come yourself to see, and the Lord came to Luxor on the 23rd November, and his daughter accompanied him. Howard advanced and broke the seals and doors .. one after the other .. until he was a short distance from the burial room of King Tutankhamun. The curse story began with the golden canary bird that Carter carried with him when he came to Luxor. And when the tomb was discovered, At first, they called it “The Golden Sparrow Cemetery”. And it was stated in his book “Theft of the King” by Mohsen Muhammad … that when Howard travelled to Cairo to be received by the Lord, his assistant put the bird on the balcony to enjoy the breeze of the air. And on the day the cemetery opened, Callender heard distress Weak as if it was a signal cry, then hurry up to find a cobra snake extending its tongue to the bird inside the cage. And the caller of the snake was killed. Still, the bird was dead..and immediately it was said that the ‘curse’ began with the opening of the cemetery, as the cobra snake is located on the crown that is placed over the head statues of kings Egypt .. and uh This was the beginning of the king’s revenge against those who disturbed him in his shrine.

On the other hand, archaeologist Henry guides that something terrible will happen on the way, but what happened after that was a strange thing that, over time, turned into a supernatural phenomenon and one of the mysterious things that caused a lot of controversies and which science has not found an explanation for to this day This. In the official celebration of the inauguration of the cemetery, Muhammad Zakaria was infected with a mysterious fever for which no one of the doctors found an explanation. At midnight completely, Muhammad Zakaria died in Cairo. And the strangest thing is that the electrical current was cut off in Cairo without any apparent reason for The same moment of death, and world newspapers highlighted the news of the death of Muhammad Zakaria. And the Cairo newspapers linked the death of Muhammad Zakaria to the lights off. They claimed that King Tut’s order did this. Some newspapers said that Muhammad Zakaria’s finger was wounded by a poisoned instrument or spear inside the cemetery and that the poison is strong as evidence. It preserved its influence for three thousand years. She said that a kind of bacteria grew inside the cemetery carrying disease and death, and in Paris, the astronomer Lancelan said .. Tutankhamun has avenged.

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