Chapter Twenty-Eight: Pharaoh's Curse
Hearing what happened to the two Egyptians in front of us, the three of us felt deep sympathy, but at the same time we couldn't help it, which was a very complicated and helpless feeling. They have been wronged, but they have nowhere to declare it.
Historically, what has been most feared is collusion between officials and businessmen. Once the dark forces are formed, they will cover the sky with one hand, and the people of Li will never have a day to come out. Unless you encounter that kind of iron-faced and selfless Qing official, you can save the people of Li from dire straits. Our situation at the moment is no better than theirs, and it is the mud bodhisattva crossing the river -- it is difficult to protect itself.
I asked Qian Cheng to tell the two Indian Asans what happened to us, and the purpose of our trip was to save people. So, please ask them to help us. These two are also very sympathetic to our plight, but they definitely can't go with us, after all, their own affairs have not been resolved. When the two Indian Asanyi heard that we were going to enter the pyramid to save people, they immediately became nervous and shook their heads excitedly and waved their hands.
Look at their behavior, as if they are strongly opposed to us doing this. The two of them said something to us at the same time, "Wow, Wow", and we couldn't understand it, so we asked Qian Cheng to translate.
Qian Cheng said: "What they mean is that this pyramid cannot be entered no matter what. Anyone who disturbed Pharaoh was punished. The curse of the pharaohs is ancient and mysterious, too stakes! Until now, anyone who entered the pyramid without permission could not escape the fate of the pharaoh's curse and death. Even the natives of Egypt did not dare to make a mistake, and anyone who heard the curse of Pharaoh was terrified. ”
"The curse of the Pharaoh?" The old ghost and I said in unison.
Indeed, this pharaoh's curse is all over the world. They are all terrifying to the hearers and terrifying to the hearers. In the world, there are countless people who died mysteriously because of the curse of the pharaoh.
It is said that Pharaoh's curse was like this: "Whoever disturbs Pharaoh's sleep, death will spread its wings and come upon his head." Whoever enters this tomb with an impure heart, Pharaoh's spirit will be resurrected and strangle him by the neck like a bird. ”
About this inscription, is the archaeologist Howard? Carter, several curse inscriptions found in Tutankhamun's tomb.
When the tomb door of the youngest pharaoh was opened, various mysterious events ensued. There has been a phenomenon of multiple consecutive deaths. Then with the excavation and research of the tomb. More than 20 people involved in the excavation of the pyramids died in a short period of time, and the cause of death is unknown.
And this confirms the terrible words of "Pharaoh's curse". This mystery has not yet been solved, and it has cast a veil of mystery over the exploration and discovery of ancient Egypt.
Take Howard, the discoverer at the time? Carter and Earl Carnavon. Their deaths are all mysterious! About these two discoverers. I also specifically checked the information:
Howard? Carter. Born in London in 1874. Influenced by his father since childhood, he likes to draw. Carter, who had little formal education, became a painter as an adult. This specialty led him to Egypt. Employed by a company specializing in painting tomb murals.
Carter assembled an archaeological team with Count Carnarvon, an amateur archaeologist in Egypt, to search for pharaonic tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Although it was widely believed that there would be no new pharaoh tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Carter stuck to his decision.
After several years of meticulous searching, on November 5, 1922, Carter discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutkamon, who shocked posterity.
The discovery of the tomb of Tutkamun is a pinnacle of Egyptian archaeology. But what makes many people even more curious is that the curse of the legendary pharaoh has been fulfilled since the discovery of Tutkamon's tomb. At the same time that Tutkamon's tomb is opened, Carter's beloved canary is eaten by a python.
Count Carnavon, 23 April 1933, died of an unknown disease transmitted by a mosquito bite. During the more than ten years of tomb excavation, more than 20 people related to the tomb excavation died of illness or even mental insanity.
Whether these strange deaths were related to the curse of the pharaoh is anyone's guess. The myth of the "curse of the pharaohs" also begins with the death of Lord Carnarvon.
At that time, some superstitious people began to talk about the death of Lord Carnarvon, saying that it was a retribution for the ungodly. Moreover, the scars on the lord's face when he died were similar to those left on the face of Pharaoh Tutankhamun when he was young. This feature adds to the mystery of the curse.
At that time, newspapers reported about the "revenge of the pharaohs". Others said: "Tutankhamun's curse has been confirmed again" and other sensational news.
The report of the death of the nineteenth man reads: "Lord Westbury, 78 years old, committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor of his London residence. Howard, the son of Lord Westbury and the archaeologist who excavated Tutankhamun's tomb? Carter's secretary. In November last year, he died suddenly in his room. He was in good health before his death, and the cause of death could not be ascertained. ”
Soon Carter's partner Mace also died, and the newspapers reported his death.
By the time the archaeological team actually excavated the burial chamber, it was already the second year. After exhuming Tutankhamun's tomb, the expedition team members were ecstatic!
The candlelight reflects jeweled golden thrones, exquisite pharaonic coffins and countless boxes full of treasures. But at that moment, they suddenly received a telegram from Cairo saying that Sir Carnarvon had died of a sudden illness at the age of 57. He had been in good health until he died, but that day he was suddenly bitten by a mosquito on his left cheek, and this small wound caused him to be infected with acute pneumonia, which killed him.
According to the doctor who later examined the pharaoh's mummy, the mummy also had a scar under his left cheek, exactly the same as the one where Canavon was bitten by a mosquito.
Moser, the archaeologist of the expedition, was the one responsible for tearing down a wall inside the tomb to find the mummy of Tutankhamun. Soon after, he fell ill with a strange disease of insanity and died in agony.
Sir Carnarvon's brother, Herb, who was part of the archaeological team, died of peritonitis soon after.
Richard, who assisted Carter in compiling the Chinese catalogue of tombs? Bettel, who committed suicide in 1929. In February of the following year, his father, Lord Westbury, also jumped to his death in London. It is said that a vase taken from Tutankhamun's tomb was placed in his bedroom.
Miguel, director of the Cairo Museum in Egypt? Mehler, who directed workers to transport artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb. It is rumored that he did not believe in "spells" at all. Miguel once said to those around him: "I have dealt with Egyptian tombs and mummies many times in my life, am I not okay?" ”
Less than four weeks after he said this, Mehlel died suddenly at the age of 52. According to the doctor's diagnosis, he died of a heart attack.
By the end of 1930, 12 of those involved in the controlled excavation of Tutankhamun's mausoleum had died mysteriously. The saying that "Pharaoh's incantation manifests" has spread ever since.
Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun's mausoleum, thought he had escaped the catastrophe and lived in seclusion, but he died in March 1939.
In 1966, France invited Egypt to transport the treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb to Paris for an exhibition, which was agreed to by the Egyptian government. Muhammad, who was in charge of antiquities? Abraham had a dream at night that if he approved the shipment of these artifacts out of Egypt, he would have a catastrophe. So he repeatedly dissuaded his superiors, but his efforts were ineffective, so he had to sign the agreement against his will. As soon as he left the venue, he was hit by a car and died two days later.
There is much more to be said about the bizarre deaths of those involved. But everyone at that time talked about the "curse of Pharaoh" with lingering palpitations. I can't help but ask: how did these people die so strangely? And what about the "curse of the pharaohs"? Is it really a curse that is hard to escape?
It was also from that period that the name "Tutankhamun" became widely circulated and household name in the West. Rumors about the "curse of the pharaohs" are also talked about by the people of the world.
In this regard, it has been suggested that the ancient Egyptians may have used viruses to deal with tomb robbers.
In 1963, Cairo University medical professor Izetin Tayi published an article saying that, based on his experience with many archaeologists, they all had a virus that causes inflammation of the respiratory tract. He believed that the people who entered the pharaoh's tomb were infected with the virus, which later caused pneumonia and died.
In 1983, Philippe, a French female doctor, put forward another opinion: she believed that it was not viruses but molds that were deadly. Due to the abundance of food in the pharaoh's burial goods, it was too long to **. In the tombs, fermentation forms numerous mold dusts. Those who enter the tomb will inevitably inhale this fine dust. Thus the lungs became infected and died painfully.
There is also a theory that because the tomb was sealed for a long time, it contained a lot of bacteria, which caused the first people who entered the tomb to contract the disease and die.
These three statements, both in terms of sounding and from a scientific point of view, are somewhat unsatisfactory. Anyway, I personally can't accept it. I am not a superstitious person, I pay attention to science and rationality in everything. I am afraid that such remarks are too convincing.
If you want to say that you are infected, you should have reacted at the time, why do you have to wait until after leaving the mausoleum? Moreover, some are even decades away. Besides, since it was entered at the same time, why didn't they die together or get sick together? But they get sick and die one after another?
So far, no official agency has been able to give the most authoritative answers to these questions. The above statements and the answers given by newspapers, magazines and academics are basically full of YY conjectures.
And the truth of the matter, I believe, only the 18-year-old young pharaoh himself really understood. (To be continued......)