Historical True Crime: King Tut's Curse

"Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king." These are the words that greeted Sir Howard Carter and his expedition when they entered King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. But did they listen? Of course not. And then they started dropping like flies... This week, we're investigating the legend of King Tut's curse. Is this thing legit, total BS, or somewhere in between? And uh, why was a British guy helping himself to Egyptian artifacts in the first place? Listen and find out. This podcast is brought to you by Factinate.com. Visit the site here: Read about King Tut with our article on the Boy Pharaoh: Learn about how weird and colonial museums are: Look at dumb historical memes on our Instagram: Join our Facebook group: Get in touch by emailing yesterdaysnews@factinate.com And if you like what you hear, tell your friends about the show and give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

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Historical True Crime: King Tut's Curse is an episode from Yesterday's News by Factinate.

This episode is 23:46 long.

This episode was published on Jul 29, 2021.

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