Three hundred and eighty-nine pharaoh's curse
We all eagerly prepared to follow the entrance of the pyramid and walk into the deep and dark tombway, feeling an irresistible black hole-like attraction that drew us in. And Hu Jiaojiao next to me looked around, her dark eyes looked around, she suddenly made a fuss and said: "Look, what are the words written on this door, I feel very interesting, it is very different from our Chinese characters, but I can't understand it at all, I really want to know what words are written on it? Who among you can read these difficult foreign words? Quickly translate and translate to Miss Ben." โ
We listened to her, and looked closely, sure enough, there were some mottled crooked pictographs written in ancient Egyptian script like pictures, although the wall was a little peeling, but the general shape of the worn black characters could still be roughly recognized, but I don't know what the specific meaning is, I was confused, and other people estimated that it was the same, everyone sighed, and looked at it with a sad face for a long time, and couldn't see why, Xiao Fei was also very interested, he rushed forward, and after looking at it for a long time, he said hesitantly: "Oh my God, it's so strange, aren't these words exactly the same as those found in Tutkamon's tomb? I didn't know what it was, suddenly Daigo empowered to recall, my memory is not bad, these words are unique, and easy to remember, I naturally rotten to remember, what a coincidence, actually those words are exactly the same, mainly because I was lucky, I once accidentally saw such an identical ancient hieroglyph in an ancient book published by Lizhou Publishing House, there is actually a translation on it, translated into our Chinese means that no matter who disturbs the peace of the pharaoh, the wings of death will come on his head. Or translated as death, it would be more poetic to spread its wings and strangle anyone who dared to disturb the peace of the pharaohs. What this means is that whoever enters this tomb with an impure heart, I will strangle him by the neck like a bird. When the door to the tomb of the youngest pharaoh was opened, a mystery ensued, and many people died one after another. "I guess he probably trained him when he was in a professional class in the big thief group at that time, but with so many people, he didn't say anything, so he had to justify what he saw in ancient books.
"Wow, that's horrible. Hu Jiaojiao and Zeng Lu said in unison. Hu Jiaojiao asked cautiously and tentatively: "It's so terrifying, I can hear my little heart pounding, I feel like my heart is about to jump out, this is also too scary, who would dare to enter such a terrifying spell?" I don't think we'd go in, I feel like it's bad luck inside, and I'm standing here at the door at this moment and feel cold, gloomy, and I don't see the light of day all year round, and you see the bottomless inside, and I don't know what strange things are inside, this pyramid is so big, and we don't have an internal structure map, what if we accidentally get lost, the way out is not easy to find, I just think about it now, I feel a chill in my back. โ
Quicksand said disapprerovingly: "Actually, I think this is what those ancients said, what kind of demons and monsters can there be, I only believe in the things I saw anyway, and those fictitious things are of course more terrifying, and I think most of the tomb owner is afraid that after his death, others will disturb his rest, and he is afraid that the tomb robbers with bad intentions will rob him of his treasure, so he deliberately said so." The pharaohs in the ancient tombs of Egypt were already mummies, could they have cursed the excavators to death thousands of years later? โ
Zeng Lu asked curiously: "By the way, Brother Xiaofei, what is the tomb of Tutkamon you just said, and how is that curse exactly the same as here, by the way, does that curse really produce a curse?"
Xiao Fei gushed endlessly, and said freely: "You listen to me slowly." Who was Tutankhamun? He was actually a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt, and he reigned from about 1334 to 1325 BC or 1323 BC. His original name was Tutankhamun, which means the image of Aten, and later changed to Tutankhamun, which means the image of Amon, indicating that his faith changed from worshipping the god Aten to worshipping the god Amun. Tutankhamun is widely known to modern people because his tomb was never stolen for three thousand years, and it was only later discovered by the Englishman Howard Carter, who unearthed a large number of treasures that shocked the Western world. The most famous of these is the exquisite gold mask he wore when he unearthed it. Akhenaten carried out a religious reformation to establish Aten as the main god and moved the capital from Thebes to Amarna, weakening the power of the priests of Amun at the temple of Karnak. After Akhenaton's death, faith in the god Amun was restored, and the capital was moved back to Thebes.
Tutankhamun was the son of the rebellious pharaoh Akhenaten, who died at the age of about 17 to 19, and was a pharaoh who died young. Although archaeologists examined his mummy, they found a wound on his head, which was partially healed before his death, possibly an accidental injury, but the possibility of assassination is not ruled out, because according to X-ray photos, there is a scotoma below the back of his skull, indicating that he may have had chronic trauma to the back of his head. Tutankhamun died around the time of his official reign, and there is little record of the young pharaoh in history. Later, Egyptian archaeologist and secretary general of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Antiquities Hawass said that a three-dimensional scan of Tutankhamun's mummy showed that the shadow on the back of Tutankhamun's head was not caused by injuries, and there was no evidence that he had been beaten. However, scans revealed that Tutankhamun had a severe fracture in his left leg and was infected with bacteria. However, it is not possible to confirm whether the bacterial infection occurred before or after his death, and it is uncertain whether this was the cause of his death. After Tutankhamun's death, he left no children, and Prime Minister Ay succeeded him as pharaoh.
As for the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, it is thanks to Howard Carter, a famous Egyptologist born in London, England, whose discovery allowed him to go down in history. Carter began copying ancient Egyptian paintings and inscriptions at the age of 16, and after a difficult period of work in Egypt, Carter later received funding from Lord Carnarvon to carry out his archaeological excavations.
Lord Canavon's aim was to find the tomb of Tutankhamun, a pharaoh who had been so inactive in history that it had not even been possible to determine its existence. And Carter found evidence of Tutankhamun's existence. But after a long and fruitless search, Lord Carnarvon became increasingly dissatisfied with Carter's work, and he could not bear the fact that his investment was not rewarding, and gave Carter an ultimatum to find Tutankhamun's tomb within a quarter.
Thankfully, after nearly 15 years of searching, Carter finally found the staircase leading to Tutankhamun's tomb. He immediately informed Lord Carnarvon to arrive. Lord Carnarvon and his daughter, along with the rest of the staff, arrived and after making a small hole in the wall, Carter put a candle inside, and the candlelight illuminated the burial chamber. Carter's eyes were full of gold, silver, and jewelry. When Lord Carnarvon asked Carter if he had seen anything, Carter replied: Yes, something extraordinary. While most of the tombs of ancient Egyptian kings were looted by ancient tomb robbers, Tutankhamun's tomb survived, and the tomb that had never been discovered by tomb robbers was surprisingly well preserved, and Tutankhamun, a previously unknown young pharaoh, became a household name for a while. However, it is said that Carter and Lord Canavon saw a dreadsome curse written on a box outside the tomb before opening Tutankhamun's tomb, so they opened Pandora's black box, and it was only natural that the first victim of Tutankhamun's spell was Cannavon. The cause of death was a lump on his cheek. In fact, as early as a few months ago, when Carnarvon entered the entrance of Tutankhamun's mausoleum, he was suddenly stung by something on the left side of his cheek, and the wound was immediately swollen and painful. After that, Carnarvon suffered from scurvy, he developed a high fever, his teeth were falling out, he seemed to be extremely tired, and he seemed to be suffering from some kind of shock, and his mind and body became very bad. Later, Carnarfon moved to Cairo, but his neck began to swell and he developed pneumonia. A few days later, Canavon was admitted to a hospital in Cairo. His wife had arrived in Cairo from England, and his son had arrived from India. Carnarvon's fever soared to 40 degrees Celsius and lasted for 12 days. According to the doctor, it was the Count who cut a wound while shaving that caused the infection. Carnarvon's wife informed Carter that Carnarvon was suffering from scurvy, and Carter rushed to Cairo as well. Legend has it that the nurse on duty at the time suddenly heard Canavon shouting in a delirious voice, "I'm done! I'm done!" Before the nurse could reach him, the power went out and it was pitch black. Five minutes later, when the lights were shining again, people rushed to Carnarvon's bed, and saw him staring wide in horror, his mouth half open, and he had already lost his breath. Figure, figure, Tutankhamun III...... Uncomfortable...... As he lay dying, Duke Canavon kept calling the pharaoh's name like a dream, and died in great pain. It was also reported that Carnarvon's foxskin dog in the UK also howled and died. This frightened the Scottish janissaries at Highclere Castle. The most strange and bizarre thing is that when Tutankhamun's mummy was later examined on X-rays, it was found that there was also a scar on his left cheek, which was exactly the same shape, size and location as the lump on Canafune's left cheek.
But Carnarvon's death was just the beginning of a series of deaths. Soon after, the nurse who had cared for Carnarfon at the Cairo hospital died suddenly, and the cause of death was unknown. George Gegold, an old friend of Lord Carnarvon and a magnate of the American railroad industry, walked into Tutankhamun's mausoleum and took a closer look. But the next day, Jagord developed a high fever for no apparent reason, and died suddenly that night. The French Egyptologist Georges Benedit fell after visiting Tutankhamun's mausoleum, which cost him his life. That same year, Professor Le Vermere died in his sleep the night after visiting Tutankhamun's mausoleum. Joel Wool, a British industrialist, developed a high fever after a visit and died inexplicably. Professor Zibalt Deley, the first anatologist to unwrap the shroud and X-ray the mummy of Pharaoh Tankhamun, developed a high fever and a sharp weakening of his body after only a few X-rays. He had to return to London with an illness, and the following year he died. Since then, Carnarvon's assistants, as well as scholars and experts who have participated in the excavation and investigation, have died mysteriously. In particular, Carter's most important assistant, archaeologist Arthur Mays, was also tragically killed. He was the one who helped Carter break through the last thick wall of Tutankhamun's mausoleum. After completing this work, his health deteriorated. In the same year, he fell into a deep coma and died in a hotel for no apparent reason. This inn was the last one Lord Kanavan lived in. That same year, another of Carter's assistants, Meis, died of intermittent high fever. And this strange high fever of Meis, originated in the second year of the opening of Tutankhamun's mausoleum.
In addition to this one, Carter's other assistant, Richard Bethel, died of a heart attack at the age of 45 after work. His 87-year-old father, who was away in London at the time, jumped to his death from his residence after hearing of his son's death. Another 8-year-old child was killed in the carriage in which the coffin was carried for the elder Bethel.
The list of others was too numerous to mention, and an American who had accompanied Carter on a tour of Tutankhamun's tomb died of a high fever the day after his visit. A wealthy South African man drowned after visiting the excavation site of the mausoleum after falling from a yacht into the calm Nile River on his way home. An American industrialist named Marr also died of a high fever on the way home by boat after visiting the mausoleum. The tall and powerful Italian archaeologist Bershani, who was archaeological all over Egypt, from one tomb to another, spent all day in the mummies on the way to Africa with the expedition, and also suffered from the mysterious strange diseases that happened to other archaeologists: he had a high fever all day long, he was thinking, the doctor gave him medicine, he refused, and cried out: I feel the hand of death on me. Later, his words became slurred and incoherent, and he died at the age of 45. The German physician and scientist Bihaz, vice president of the Egyptian Society, often led important people visiting Egypt to visit the pyramids again and again. However, after visiting the pyramids and the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings of Luxor, on the way back to Cairo, he suddenly developed a severe fever and cramps, and died in a coma for two weeks, and the doctors could not find the cause of his illness, and he died at the age of 37. At the time of the death of people associated with the tomb of King Tutankhamun, a man named A. Saยท Professor C. Max and another Ph.D. named Eplin Howait volunteered to work with Dr. Carter, who had lost his assistant, to continue their in-depth study of the tomb. However, they were not able to escape their fate: A. Sa When Professor C. Maes entered the room where King Tutankhamun's coffin was housed, he suddenly went limp, fell to the ground and stopped breathing shortly thereafter. As soon as Dr. Eprain Hovait came out of King Tutankhamun's corner chamber, he immediately felt unwell and hanged himself a few days later, biting his finger and writing a thousand-word suicide note, claiming that he had left this world because of the curse of the pharaoh. The weirdest thing is that it is incredible that not only Carnarvon died, but also his widow. She was also reportedly killed by a bug sting, which was also on the left cheek. In just 6 years, more than 20 people died inexplicably.
But Pharaoh's curse did not go away. Later, at the request of France, Egypt decided to hold an exhibition of ancient Egyptian treasures in Paris. An important part of satisfying people's curiosity is the treasures in Tutankhamun's mausoleum. Mohammed Abraham, Egypt's official in charge of antiquities, had a bizarre dream during the discussion. In the dream, he was warned that if he kept Tutankhamun's treasures away from Egypt, he would die. As a native of Egypt, Muhammad had a natural fear of the boiling curses. So he repeatedly appealed to his superiors and tried to stop Tutankhamun's treasures from traveling. However, the decision had been made, and his reasons pale in comparison, and in the end, he had to sign the paperwork in agreement. At the end of the signing session and as he was leaving the venue, he was hit by a car, seriously injured and unconscious, and died two days later.
Tutankhamun's treasures will be on display in the UK along with other Egyptian artefacts, the home of Carter, the originator of the disturbance of the pharaoh's sleep and the afterlife. Just as workers began to box up the artifacts in the Cairo Museum, 52-year-old Cairo Museum Director Gamal Mehler died of a heart attack. Jumbo arrives in England and the contractor responsible for arranging the exhibition dies suddenly on the eve of the official opening of the exhibition.
Later, when the Golden Mask was on display in San Francisco, Officer George Rabshi, who served as the Golden Mask Guard, was hospitalized with a heart attack while on duty. The police officer explained that when he was standing in front of the mask, there seemed to be something behind him that created a force that made people shudder.
These mythical incantations are not believed in today's people, but for centuries, anyone who dared to enter the pharaoh's tomb, whether it was a tomb robber, an adventurer, or a scientific explorer, eventually answered the spell and either died on the spot or died a strange illness soon after. Even Conan Doyle, the famous British detective and author of Sherlock Holmes, said he believed in the existence of this ancient curse. The pharaoh in the tomb is disturbed, and his vengeful rage unleashes a series of mysterious calamities. This series of tragedies is known as Tutankhamun's curse. And after various movies and hype, the pharaoh's spell became more and more evil, not only discouraged tomb robbers, but also worried many archaeologists and tourists. โ
Hu Jiaojiao's face was gloomy and frightened when she heard this, she estimated that she was a little timid, and she felt that it was not so imperative here, so she hurriedly said: "Otherwise, we won't go in to see it, even if there are gold and silver treasures in it, we have to keep a small life to be blessed, I think we should not go in." โ
It's the first time I've heard such a weird story, so I asked Xiaofei curiously if it's true or not?
Xiao Fei disagreed, and whispered to me: "Of course it's true, you have to check it on the Internet, and these stories will come out all at once. By the way, there is an even more bizarre period, you know that on April 15, 1912, one of the most tragic and far-reaching shipwrecks in history occurred on the British-New York route. The protagonist of the tragedy is named Titanic. It's a well-known thing, and I still remember that movie, it's very touching. But did you know that in addition to the more than 2,000 passengers, there was actually another person, of course, who was no longer alive, she was the mummy of an ancient Egyptian priestess. She lived in the Eighteenth Dynasty, the time of Tutankhamun. The mummy wore many ornaments, the most conspicuous of which was a charm placed on his chest, on which was painted the image of Osiris, the god of death, and a line of text: Wake up from your slumber, your vision can overcome everything that hurts you. In order to keep the mummy safe, it was placed in the captain's cockpit. It is said that many of those who have dealt with this mummy have been delirious. It is said that the experienced Captain Edward Smith made some incredible decisions on the last day of driving the Titanic, including excessive high speed, and choosing an abnormal course. The rest of the crew made similar mistakes to the captain, such as sending the distress telegram too late. When studying the cause of the Titanic's shipwreck, some people raised the following question: Is it that the captain and crew frequently come into contact with the priestess mummies, so was the sinking of the Titanic affected by the curse? However, according to the chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Hawas, many strange things happened on the day the CT scan was performed. Although these may have been pure coincidences, he could not take lightly the curses of the pharaohs that had been around for more than half a century.
According to reports, experts in Egyptian archaeology and medicine recently conducted CT scans of the mummies of Tutankhamun, a young pharaoh during the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, through X-rays, and then used computers to synthesize these scans into three-dimensional images, so as to determine the cause of Tutankhamun's death and determine his actual age at the time of his death. However, on the day they performed a CT scan of Tutankhamun's mummy, the 10-member research team in charge of the task encountered a series of strange things: their car back and forth to the Valley of the Kings almost suffered a fatal car accident, and the scientists were shocked into a cold sweat, and during the CT scan experiment, the computer in charge of the CT scan suddenly "struck" for two hours for no reason, and finally the scientists finally got the computer to restart and carried out the scanning work for 15 minutes. In addition, on the day of the CT scan of the mummy, the Valley of the Kings in Egypt suddenly blew into the sky with strong winds and yellow sand, which made scientists who have never believed in evil feel very strange and had to think of the curse of the pharaohs." This is also the first time I have heard this news, and I can't help but be fascinated and stunned by it.