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The Curse of the Pharaohs Part 1

Mummies are a key to the past--a way to examine what was and what people believed long before our time. But digging up a grave, disturbing a tomb isn't as easy as it sounds. And sometimes, the results are deadly. The Curse of the Pharaohs is a curse believed to befall any person that dares to disturb the mummy of an ancient Egyptian person, especially a pharaoh. The curse makes no exceptions, not for a thief or well-intentioned archaeologists. The curse appears in many forms, including serious bad luck, illness, and even death. One of the first reported storie[...]