Episode 88: The Mummy's Curse - Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Gold

This week Nat leads Aly down a rabbit hole about Ancient Egyptian curses! Even before humans could translate the hieroglyphs on ancient Egyptian tombs, rumors existed that curses were written on the entrance to a Pharaoh's final resting place. The most famous of ancient Egyptian curses was enacted in 1922 after the discovery of King Tutankhamen's 3,300 year old sealed tomb. 9 of the 52 people present at the tomb's opening ended up dying of sudden illness or freak accidents immediately following the opening of the tomb. Join us on this haunted adventure through the past, if you dare! Important Stuff: Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: https://www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: https://www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: [email protected] *SOURCES* Book: “King Tutankhamen’s Gold”, Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, Reader’s Digest, 1975: Article: “Daily Life in Ancient Egypt”, World History Encyclopedia, Joshua J. Mark, Sep 21. 2016 Website: Heka - Magic or Meaningful Speech - Ancient Egypt thewhitegoddess.co.uk Article: “Invisible Egypt”, New Acropolis, Sabine Leitner, May 17, 2016 Article: “How Does The Sun Work?”Howitworksdaily.com - Article: https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-story-of-the-valley-of-the-kings/ Article: https://www.dw.com/en/conserved-glories-of-egypts-ancient-tutankhamun-tomb-revealed/a-47317793 Article:https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/the-curse-of-king-tuts-tomb-180950898/ Article:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23321/victims-king-tuts-curse YT Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nut50vmRyVM Article: Egypt's Saqqara Tombs Have Mummy Curses Inscribed on Walls, "Business Insider"

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