1. Pharoah Tutankhamun

4. How did he die? Theories Fact (DNA studies)
Hunting accident
Blood infection
A blow to the head
Poisoning
Fact (DNA studies)
Multiple malaria infections
Necrosis in his left foot
Fracture of left thighbone
All of this leads to a weakened immune system

6. Burial Mask of Tut and a Reconstruction of Tut

7. Discovering the Tomb

8. Howard Carter with the Newly Discovered Mummy
The tomb was discovered in November of 1922 by Howard Carter.

9. Tut’s Sarcophagus

14. The Media Frenzy Begins
1923 a novelist reported dire consequences for anyone who had entered the tomb!
“They who enter this sacred tomb shall swift be visited by wings of death.”
“…I will kill all those who cross this threshold into the sacred precincts of the Royal King who lives forever.”
Newspapers reported the deaths of 26 people involved with the dig within 10 years!

15. Reality Only 6 people died within the 1st 10 years.
Howard Carter lives for 17 more years until the age of 65.
Name
Died
Age
Function
Comment
Adamson, Richard
1980+
81+
Guard who slept in tomb
Benedite, Georges
1926 69
Louvre representative
Died of heat stroke
Bethell, Richard
1929
Carter's personal secretary
Died in London
Breasted, James H.
1935 70
Univ. of Chicago archaeologist
Bruyere, Bernard
1965+
80+
Burton, Harry
1939+
Photographer
Highly involved in project
Callender, A. R.
1939
Assistant to Carter
Present at all tomb procedures
Capart, Jean
1947
Belgian Archaeologist
Derry, Douglas
1969 87
Cairo University anatomist
Analyzed Tut's mummy
Engelbach, Reginald
1946 58
Cairo Museum
Gardiner, Sir Alan
1963 84
Philologist
Handled all written material in tomb
Hall, Lindsley F.
Draftsman
Hauser, Walter
Herbert, Lady Evelyn
1980 78
Daughter of Lord Carnarvon
Entered tomb when opened
Kuentz, Charles
Lacau, Pierre
1965 92
Egyptologist
Intimately involved - all operations
Lefebvre, Gustave
1957
Lucas, Alfred
1950+ 79
Chemist for Egypt Government
Lythgoe, A. M.
1934 66
Metropolitan Museum (NYC)
Mace, Arthur C.
1928
Winlock, Herbert E.
1950
Sheikh Hussein
1997