mummy curse
Pharaoh's posthumous vengeance
A mummy curse is the supposed supernatural punishment awaiting those who disturb ancient Egyptian tombs or their contents.
The idea gained popular traction after the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, when several people connected to the excavation died in subsequent years.
The concept appears frequently in horror films and adventure stories: The explorer dismissed talk of the mummy curse as superstition.
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- King TutTeenage Egyptian ruler, abbreviated
- ancientVery old indeed
- EgyptNortheastern African nation
Valley of the Kings · sarcophagus · bandages · hieroglyphics · excavation · archaeologist · revenge · supernatural · death · sand · pyramid · desert sands · artifact · Tutankhamun · scarab · undead · risen from the dead · haunted
- Egyptian tombssarcophagus, burial chamber, canopic jar, sarcophagi, burial chambers
- mummiesKing Tut, Ramses, bandages, linen bandages, natron
- curseshex, hexes, jinx, jinxes, damn
- necromancynecromancer, necromancy, undead, reanimation, lich
mummy cursenatural causes
Death without external intervention
scientific explanation · coincidence · bacterial infection · toxic mold · fungal spores
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