The curse of Tutankhamun's tomb...

[sandyRoe]

Isn't it sobering to think that on this day, Howard Carters birthday, all involved in desecrating the tomb of the pharaoh are dead?

[boxtops]

It's odd, isn't it? Google have a Howard Carter logo displayed today.

[B00]

well to be fair, the tomb was discovered in 1922, so it's a pretty safe bet that that they're all now dead ;-)

[jno]

that's happened with a lot of things that took place 80 years ago.

And Tutankhamun himself is the wiorse for wear. When discovered, he had a penis. Now he doesn't. It seems to have vanished during the war.

[RATTER15]

Not really a great surprise, it was a long time ago, old age does that to people.

[sandyRoe]

so no curse, then?

[starone]

Well, everyone dies eventually, curse or no curse. It's the one thing we can't escape. So why make a fuss over one person.

[emmie]

not sure how you see that wouldn't happen, seeing how it was opened in the 1920's. And the theories on the curse have been thoroughly debunked

[Tilly2]

Did all the people involved die in suspicious circumstances?

[starone]

Really jno? I wonder who took that, and why and what they did with it. How could you prove where it came from? Now here's a real mystery, much more interesting than how long they all lived after opening the tomb. There wouldn't be any papers proving provenance would there? I think you have opened a can of worms here jno.

[jno]

apparently it's true, starbuckone. There was a recent TV programme about what he really died of (I can't remember what it decided), and it mentioned the disappearance in passing. Apparently it wasn't very well guarded during the war, what with the fighting in North Africa.

[emmie]

not exactly a curse eh..

Lord Carnarvon:

Carnarvon had been in poor health for over 20 years following a motoring accident in Germany. Less than two weeks after the official opening of the burial chamber, Carnarvon received a mosquito bite which became infected after he cut it while shaving. Carnarvon fell ill and, with his resistance lowered, came down with pneumonia and eventually passed away at the age of 57.

Howard Carter:

As discoverer of the tomb, Carter should have been Number 1 on the curse's "hit list", but he survived until March 1939, just short of his 65th birthday and nearly 17 years after entering the tomb - about a decade of which was spent working in the tomb itself.

[tamborine]

t'was ground down as an aphrodisiac for the man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7547148.stm

[sandyRoe]

Mr Abubakar looks a bit 'ground down' too

[B00]

Well it'll take it out of you "controlling" 86 women.

[Old_Geezer]

Not really that sobering. We all know we have to age and die.
And it was about 90 years ago was it not ?

[Old_Geezer]

Ah I see others have said much the same. Was it a trick question ? Nice try, kudos for that.

[McMouse]

Don't know about curses, but I think it's wrong to disturb/desecrate and graves or tombs.

[jake-the-peg]

Really McMouse? why's that?

Seriously interested because it's quite a deal with museums at the moment I think. Do Plague pits count? What about Stone age burials?

Personally I think Tombs are there so the living can honour the dead - desecration occurs when those living are genuinely offended by it.

So I think you have to look at whether there is a surviving culture that associates with it.

Consequently the returns of aboriginal remains is quite right and proper. Ancient Egyptian culture is long dead whereas some like Aztec can be a more marginal call

[emmie]

they have always been grave robbers, sad i know.