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In 1917, Carter made a lot of meticulous preparations, such as exploring the entire "Valley of the Kings", drawing maps, and collecting information from all previous archaeologists. Lord Carnarvon's great financial support and the participation of several other archaeologists made his ambition come true. However, the start was not smooth, Carter was distracted by World War I, infighting, funding shortages and other troubles, and most frustrating of all, several excavations that led to the thought success of the excavation were not the goal.

Previously, blue pottery cups and gold leaves bearing Tutankhamun's name abandoned by tomb robbers had been found in the valley. After pondering several important clues, Carter zeroed in on the triangle connected by the Mausoleum of Ramses II, Meneptakh, and Ramses VI. After all, the heavens paid off, and the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb was finally revealed.

After three days of hard work, on the afternoon of November 26, 1922, an expedition led by British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb, which had been dormant for thousands of years.

Pharaoh's first tomb door was opened. The second tomb door, also engraved with Tutankhamun's seal, is also engraved at the end of the gravel-filled corridor, and behind the door is the antechamber of the entire burial chamber. Carter slipped sideways through the hewn crack in the door with a candle, and a faint golden light swept by, stunned by what he saw. He later recalled: "At first I could not see anything, but a cloud of heat rushed out of the burial chamber and made the candle flame in my hand dance lightly. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, the contents emerged from the haze, all kinds of 'animals', countless sculptures and gold...... There was a golden glow everywhere. What Carter saw were funerary goods stacked in the front room: glittering treasure chests, alabaster bottles, black shrines, intricately carved chairs, gold crowns, and a mighty chariot wrapped in gold.

Carter and his team entered the chamber and began sorting through the artifacts, but found no mummy of the pharaoh. However, they found that a large area of the back wall was unusually colored, with two golden statues of spear-wielding samurai guarding both sides, as if they were the entrance to some "forbidden place". Carter was astute enough to conclude that the burial chamber where the pharaoh's mummy was stored was sealed behind the wall. Thus they opened the third tomb door. The walls of the mummy's chamber are covered with colorful frescoes depicting Tutankhamun's image during his lifetime and his rebirth with the gods of hell - Osiris, Anubis and Isis after his death. Carter and the others entered through a door in the northeast corner of the mummy's burial chamber and found four jars containing pharaoh's entrails, statues of gods and pharaohs, and priceless treasures such as necklaces, rings, and scepters.

The pharaoh's mummy is tightly wrapped, a huge gold-clad coffin inlaid with blue porcelain - 5 meters long, 3.3 meters wide, and 2.75 meters high, which occupies almost the entire mummy tomb. After opening the four-story wooden coffin in one breath, one saw a goddess at the lower end of the yellow quartzite coffin, supporting the coffin with open arms and wings, as if to protect the body of the pharaoh from being violated. The lid was removed, and the layers of cloth were removed, revealing a humanoid wooden gold coffin carved with the head of Tutankhamun, the face and hands cast in pure gold, the eyes were obsidian, and the eyebrows and eyelids were bluestone glass. Pharaoh holds the scepter in his right hand and the whip of Hades in his left hand, with his hands crossed in front of his chest. Inside the golden coffin is another humanoid gilded wooden coffin, and when the lid is opened, there is a long object wrapped in cloth. Is it a mummy? The scene became nervous, and after the shroud was carefully opened, people were all ashamed, and it turned out that there was a humanoid coffin inside, but it was replaced with pure gold. Inside this coffin is the mummy of the pharaoh wrapped in layers of linen. I saw that he was covered with gems and amulets, his face was covered with a golden mask, and a wreath was placed on his chest.

The breeze drove away the rotten air and dust of Tutankhamun's mausoleum for more than 3,000 years, and restored the splendor of rare cultural relics. The achievements of archaeologists have been praised by the world, but one horrific strange incident and one tragedy after another have occurred.

Before the expedition members entered Tutankhamun's mausoleum, they saw curses carved into the walls, which translated, words such as "Whoever disturbs the peace of this pharaoh, the god of death with wings will come on his head", "I am Tutankhamun's protector, I am the fire of the desert to drive away the tomb robbers". The long fatigue and tense nerves had exhausted everyone, and the horrible curse added to the gloom. Over the decades, the "pharaoh's spell" has become more and more evil in various films and novels, discouraging not only tomb robbers, but also archaeologists and tourists.

The team members let their fears behind them in their excitement, however, Carter felt an ominous chill rise from the soles of his feet......

The incantation engraved on Tutankhamun's tomb claimed revenge for trespassing on his tomb. On April 23, 1923, six months after the opening of the Pharaoh's tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who had been bitten by a mosquito in the tomb, died of infection after accidentally scratching the pimple on his left cheek while shaving in the morning. His son said that all the lights in the hospital went out when he heard the nurse shouting and walked into his room, and his daughter said that before he died, his father shouted, "I heard his call, I will go with him!" said the doctor who examined Tutankhamun's mummy, which also had a scar on his left cheek, exactly the same as where Mr. Canavon was bitten by a mosquito.

The bizarre events also included ominous signs: on the very day of Lord Carnarvon's death, there was a city-wide blackout in Cairo and the Lord's dog died in England.

The mysterious death of Lord Rod Carnarvon, the scientist involved in the expedition, reminded many of the curse, and the media and the public began to pay attention, and even Conan Doyle, the famous British detective novelist and author of the book "Sherlock Holmes", said that 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. Shortly after Lord Carnarvon's death, Arthur Mays, another member of the expedition, was found unconscious in his room in a hotel in Cairo.