5 | The Curse of King Tutankhamun

King Tutankhamun was a boy king during the height of ancient Egypt's reign who was erased from history. Dying under mysterious circumstance, possibly murder, the discovery of his tomb by Howard Carter in 1923 brought King Tut back from the dead- in more ways than one. Launching modern Egyptology into the modern era, Carter's discovery lodged King Tut into the modern zeitgeist, and returned Tutankhamun to his place in history. But after the discovery of the tomb, rich and powerful members of the archeological team and visitors of the tomb began to die. The cause of their deaths ranged from violent murders to mysterious illnesses. The first dead was George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon. Thanks to an article by novelsit and mystic Marie Corelli and an omnious statement by aurthor Sir Aurthor Conan Doyle, King Tut's mystical revenge went early 1900's viral. Music: Ross Budgen