Egypt
- The Curse Of The Pharaohs: Truth, Myth Or Microbiology?
Firefox News (Tracy Morris) For only the second time since their discovery, some of the treasures of Tutankhamen are visiting United States Soil. Wherever they go, the treasures of Tutankhamen inspire wonder. But when they were first discovered in 1922...
- Neil Macgregor's Plans For British Museum's Future
Times Online (Brian Appleyard) The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing. Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, is a hedgehog. The one big thing he knows is what his museum is for: “What the collection is about is truth,...
- Wayne County Historical Museum's Mummy Gets Reconstructed By Forensic Artist
pal-item.com The face of the Wayne County Historical Museum's mummy hasn't been seen for thousands of years, but soon area residents will be able to watch as a forensic artist reconstructs its features. Brenda Robertson Stewart is an Indianapolis...
- Exhibition: Show Spanning 2 Million Years Opens In Hong Kong
Bloomberg The British Museum's touring exhibition of 270 of some of its best artifacts opens in Hong Kong today, including a Leonardo da Vinci drawing, an Egyptian mummy and two of the world's oldest tools. ``Treasures of the World's...
- Tutankhamun Curse: Curse: Fact Or Fiction?
http://www.newsok.com/article/2951598/?template=entertainment/main"Press reports claimed a dire warning carved into the walls of Tut's tomb foretold the British lord's demise. In reality, no such warning existed. Indeed, very few curses have been...
Egypt
The Mummy’s Curse: The Truth Behind an Edwardian Rumour
UCL Blogs (Katherine L Aitchison)
Anyone who knows anything about the horror genre will have heard stories of curses placed on tombs in Ancient Egypt to deter grave robbers and those who would plunder the graves of priests and pharaohs. But where do these stories come from and is there any truth behind them?
On 21 May Professor Roger Luckhurst of Birkbeck College presented the true story of a mummy’s curse to a packed Petrie Museum audience.
Or perhaps, I should say, he presented the truth behind the rumour as far as he could piece it together drawing from numerous different accounts. A little more convoluted as a turn of phrase, but much more accurate.
The mummy in question is, in fact, simply a coffin lid known as “The Unlucky Mummy”, or to give it its official name: British Museum object-22542.
This lid, once part of the last resting place of an unknown woman from a high-ranking family in the priesthood, was donated to the museum by the sister of Arthur F. Wheeler, the man who was believed to have brought it back from Egypt.
But the story surrounding the lid is full of intrigue, featuring a number of shooting accidents and suspicious deaths as well as a lost fortune and a picture of a ghostly face.
- The Curse Of The Pharaohs: Truth, Myth Or Microbiology?
Firefox News (Tracy Morris) For only the second time since their discovery, some of the treasures of Tutankhamen are visiting United States Soil. Wherever they go, the treasures of Tutankhamen inspire wonder. But when they were first discovered in 1922...
- Neil Macgregor's Plans For British Museum's Future
Times Online (Brian Appleyard) The fox knows many things; the hedgehog knows one big thing. Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, is a hedgehog. The one big thing he knows is what his museum is for: “What the collection is about is truth,...
- Wayne County Historical Museum's Mummy Gets Reconstructed By Forensic Artist
pal-item.com The face of the Wayne County Historical Museum's mummy hasn't been seen for thousands of years, but soon area residents will be able to watch as a forensic artist reconstructs its features. Brenda Robertson Stewart is an Indianapolis...
- Exhibition: Show Spanning 2 Million Years Opens In Hong Kong
Bloomberg The British Museum's touring exhibition of 270 of some of its best artifacts opens in Hong Kong today, including a Leonardo da Vinci drawing, an Egyptian mummy and two of the world's oldest tools. ``Treasures of the World's...
- Tutankhamun Curse: Curse: Fact Or Fiction?
http://www.newsok.com/article/2951598/?template=entertainment/main"Press reports claimed a dire warning carved into the walls of Tut's tomb foretold the British lord's demise. In reality, no such warning existed. Indeed, very few curses have been...