CURSE OF PHARAOHS?
ARCHAEOLOGIST’S SUDDEN DEATH TENTH INVESTIGATOR TO DIE c;,„,,. !£)h r LON DON, Saturday. Tin sudden death of Mr. Hit-hard O' i hell, only son of Lord West bury, has again revived the discus.- ion about the curse which many people believe fails on all who disturb the tombs of the ancient l-haruohs. As secretary to Mr. Howard Carte;-, who was in charge on behalf of ill*' late Karl of Carnarvon, lie carried out the work nt excavating King Tutankh-’ amen s tomb. He went cheerfuliv to bed at the Bath Club early yesterday evening, after a game of card.;, and later w as found dealt, Ivins s;i-rc«s the bed. Tile "Daily Mail'’ remarks that he is the ti nth person concerned in tile work who has died more or less suddenly. The first was land Caranaryon, who begun the work, llis death followed u mosquito bite, six weeks after he entered the tomb. Last year there were several mysterious fires in Mr. Bothell's house in Manchester Square, which is stocked with treasures brought front the Valley of the Kings. Mr. Bethctl's daughter was named Nefertari, after rutankhamen's queen.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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191CURSE OF PHARAOHS? Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 823, 18 November 1929, Page 9
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