Tutankhamun's course storybook
- 2. The ancient Egyptians buried people with some of the things they had when they were alive. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh. He had a lot of precious objects. He died when he was 19 years old. When they buried him in a subterranean tomb, they placed his treasures near his body.
- 3. Tutankhamun’s tomb was found by an English Egyptologist in 1922. His name was Howard Carter. Lord Carnarvon financed Carter’s expedition. Some people think there is a mystery because some strange things happened. Lord Carnavon Howard Carter
- 4. Novelist Mari Corelli said that there would be terrible consequences for anyone who entered the sealed tomb. Lord Carnarvon died on 5 April 1923, seven weeks after the official opening of pharaoh Tutankhamun's burial chamber. Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes and a believer in the occult, announced that Carnarvon's death could have been the result of a "Pharaoh's curse".
- 5. The lights of Cairo were said to have gone out at the moment of his death (not an uncommon occurrence back then), while back at Carnarvon's English estate his dog, Susie, was supposed to have howled and died at the same time.
- 6. Howard Carter Carter and Carnavon at the entrance of the tomb
- 7. More deaths occurred. Five months after Carnarvon died, his younger brother died suddenly.
- 8. According to one list, of the 26 individuals present at the official opening of the tomb, six had died within a decade. In reality, many of the key individuals associated with the discovery and work on the tomb lived to an old age.
- 9. The pet canary of the tomb discoverer, Howard Carter, died near the tomb. The bird was swallowed by a cobra on the day the tomb was opened. This was interpreted as retribution for violation of the tomb, particularly as a cobra was depicted on the brow of the pharaoh from where it would spit fire at the king's enemies.