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 w...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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