Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries
The Mummy’s Curse
36 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2021 at 4:05 am.
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Disturbing the remains of the Egyptian pharaohs is known to incur a deadly curse, so why did a team of archeologists still risk inciting the wrath of King Tutankhamun by entering his burial chamber? And how many of them met a premature end for their impudence?

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