The mummy's curse : the true history of a dark fantasy
In the winter of 1922-23 archaeologist Howard Carter and his wealthy patron George Herbert, the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, sensationally opened the tomb of Tutenkhamen. Six weeks later Herbert, the sponsor of the expedition, died in Egypt. The popular press went wild with rumours of a curse on those who disturbed the Pharaoh's rest and for years followed every twist and turn of the fate of the men who had been involved in the historic discovery. Long dismissed by Egyptologists, themummy's curse remains a part of popular supernatural belief. Roger Luckhurst explores why the myth has captured the
eBook, English, 2012
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2012