The Curse That Wasn't
About this episode
The Curse of Tutankhamun, Egypt, 1922 and 1923. Protagonist: George Carnarvon, the wealthy Englishman paying for the dig.
Research sources for this film
- The Irish Times
- Members’ Newsletter November 2021
- How Newspapers Covered the Discovery of King Tut's Tomb | NewspaperArchive Blog
- Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun
- Unmasking Howard Carter—the man who found Tutankhamun | National Geographic
- Lord Carnarvon | Nature
- Curse of King Tut kills Lord Carnarvon ?.... | RareNewspapers.com
- how a modern myth was born
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