Tutankahmun Essay
PRACTICE ESSAY- “TUTANKHAMUNS TOMB WAS CURSED”.
There are those who think that tutankahmuns tomb was cured. Seemingly mysterious events surrounded the opening of the tomb. A number of people associated with the opening of then died shortly afterwards and some unusual events were associated with the opening of the tomb and the death of certain individuals, like lord Cameron. However others are more sceptical about the idea that the tomb was cursed.
Some think that many of these deaths were not unusual and can be explained by natural causes. Others think that the deaths associated with the opening of the tomb can be explained scientifically. Still others consider that the incidence of deaths associated with the tomb were not scientifically proven, people associated with the opening of the tomb lived long lives. Finally some think that.
Some people consider the unusual events surrounding the opening of the tomb as evidence for the ‘curse’. Author Christine El Mahdy believes that those who first expressed fear of mummies were the Arabs, who conquered Egypt in A.D. 641. Arab writers warned people not to tamper with mummies or their tombs, they knew that Egyptians practiced magic during funerals. And the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs seemed to suggest that mummies could return to life and seek revenge. Many authors started to think and imagine that mummies had magic powers after the first ghost story about a cursed mummy was published in 1699 and many more were written after that. But in 1923 the opening of tutankhamuns tomb was discovered to be the longest lasting episode involving a mummy curse. These stories have been told many times and have been interpreted in many different ways and written by many different people so it is hard to know what is really true.
Many facts are founded by this “curse”. Lord Cameron, who had funded the search for king tuts tomb, and archaeologists Howard Carter entered the kings burial chamber on February 17th,
There are those who think that tutankahmuns tomb was cured. Seemingly mysterious events surrounded the opening of the tomb. A number of people associated with the opening of then died shortly afterwards and some unusual events were associated with the opening of the tomb and the death of certain individuals, like lord Cameron. However others are more sceptical about the idea that the tomb was cursed.
Some think that many of these deaths were not unusual and can be explained by natural causes. Others think that the deaths associated with the opening of the tomb can be explained scientifically. Still others consider that the incidence of deaths associated with the tomb were not scientifically proven, people associated with the opening of the tomb lived long lives. Finally some think that.
Some people consider the unusual events surrounding the opening of the tomb as evidence for the ‘curse’. Author Christine El Mahdy believes that those who first expressed fear of mummies were the Arabs, who conquered Egypt in A.D. 641. Arab writers warned people not to tamper with mummies or their tombs, they knew that Egyptians practiced magic during funerals. And the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs seemed to suggest that mummies could return to life and seek revenge. Many authors started to think and imagine that mummies had magic powers after the first ghost story about a cursed mummy was published in 1699 and many more were written after that. But in 1923 the opening of tutankhamuns tomb was discovered to be the longest lasting episode involving a mummy curse. These stories have been told many times and have been interpreted in many different ways and written by many different people so it is hard to know what is really true.
Many facts are founded by this “curse”. Lord Cameron, who had funded the search for king tuts tomb, and archaeologists Howard Carter entered the kings burial chamber on February 17th,