• George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, financial backer of the excavation, who was present at the tomb's opening, died on 5 April 1923 after a mosquito bite became infected; he died 4 months and 7 days after the opening of the tomb.^[32][33]

• George Jay Gould I, a visitor to the tomb, died in the French Riviera on 16 May 1923 after he developed a fever following his visit.^[34]

• Sir Archibald Douglas-Reid, a radiologist invited to x-ray Tutankhamun's mummy, died on 15 January 1924, aged 52, in Switzerland after abdominal surgery to help treat the metastatic spread of skin cancer he developed as a result of his career.^[35][36]

• A. C. Mace, a member of Carter's excavation team, died in April 1928, having suffered from pleurisy and pneumonia in his final years.^[37]

• The Hon. Mervyn Herbert, George Herbert's half brother, died on 26 May 1929, reportedly from malarial pneumonia.^[38]

• Captain The Hon. Richard Bethell, Carter's secretary, died on 15 November 1929: died in bed in a Mayfair club, the victim of a suspected smothering.^[39]

• Howard Carter opened the tomb on 16 February 1923 and died well over sixteen years later on 2 March 1939; however, some have still attributed his death to the curse.^[40]

Curses relating to tombs are extremely rare, possibly because the idea of such desecration was unthinkable and even dangerous to record.^[2] They most frequently occur in private tombs of the Old Kingdom era.^[4] The tomb of Ankhtifi (9–10th dynasty) contains the warning: "any ruler who... shall do evil or wickedness to this coffin... may Hemen (a local deity) not accept any goods he offers, and may his heir not inherit". The tomb of Khentika Ikhekhi (6th dynasty)^[5] contains an inscription: "As for all men who shall enter this my tomb... impure... there will be judgment... an end shall be made for him... I shall seize his neck like a bird... I shall cast the fear of myself into him".^[2]

So do you think it is true?

8 minutes ago, Aethereal said:

may Hemen (a local deity)

MAYHEM?

6 minutes ago, Saturno said:

MAYHEM?

Good thing I am not an archeologist.

I wish they granted me a wish and I'd say I want to be young forever 😆

Howard Carter opened the tomb on 16 February 1923 and died well over sixteen years later on 2 March 1939; however, some have still attributed his death to the curse

Girl that ain't no mummy's curse, that's called getting old

4 minutes ago, Sugar-Rush said:

Girl that ain't no mummy's curse, that's called getting old

There is more:

In 1699, Louis Penicher wrote an account in which he recorded how a Polish traveler bought two mummies in Alexandria and embarked on a sea journey with the mummies in the cargo hold. The traveler was alarmed by recurring visions of two specters, and the stormy seas did not abate until the mummies were thrown overboard.^[2]

Arthur Weigall reported that six weeks before Carnarvon's death, he had watched the Earl laughing and joking as he entered the King's tomb and said to a nearby reporter (H. V. Morton), "I give him six weeks to live."^[18] The first autopsy carried out on the body of Tutankhamun by Dr. Derry found a healed lesion on the left cheek, but as Carnarvon had been buried six months previously it was not possible to determine if the location of the wound on the King corresponded with the fatal mosquito bite on Carnarvon.

Zahi Hawass quotes an example of a post-Old Kingdom curse: "Cursed be those who disturb the rest of a Pharaoh. They that shall break the seal of this tomb shall meet death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose."

No it's just coincidence

I mean wouldn't everyone die at some point?

1 minute ago, ugo said:

I mean wouldn't everyone die at some point?

It happened again in 1960s when the tomb was reopened.

However, what many people may not know is that the "Curse of King Tut" continued to claim victims well into the 20th century. In the 1960s, a team of archaeologists led by Dr. Gamal Mehrez began a new excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. Shortly after the excavation began, several members of the team fell ill and died under mysterious circumstances. Dr. Mehrez himself suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the excavation was completed.

7 minutes ago, Aethereal said:

It happened again in 1960s when the tomb was reopened.

However, what many people may not know is that the "Curse of King Tut" continued to claim victims well into the 20th century. In the 1960s, a team of archaeologists led by Dr. Gamal Mehrez began a new excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. Shortly after the excavation began, several members of the team fell ill and died under mysterious circumstances. Dr. Mehrez himself suffered a heart attack and died shortly after the excavation was completed.

Oh lemme ask grok