Table of Contents Excavators Die after opening King Tut's Tomb Lost Island of Atlantis Escapes Searchers Stonehenge Watches over English Plain 8 Silent Warriors Guard Emperor's Secret Tomb 10 Mysterious Ancient City Flourished in North America 12 The Great Pyramid Hides Many Mysteries 14 Nazca Lines Draw Patterns across the Desert 16 Historians Seek Evidence of Legendary King Arthur 18 Ancient Seafarers May Have Reached the Americas 20 Mysterious statues Guard Easter Island 22 Long Lost Indus Civilization Hides Many Secrets 24 Ancient Labyrinth Still Baffles Researchers 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the
Excavators Die after Opening King Tut's Tomb In 1922 Howard Carter and a team But did he also unleash an ancient of excavators made a big find It curse was one of the biggest finds in the Less than one year after opening history of Egyptology They were the tomb the first person died digging in the Valley of the Kings Lord Carnarvon had paid for the This area holds the tombs of many dig Rumors said the lights went Egyptian pharaohs They uncovered out in Cairo Egypt the moment he a tomb still filled with ancient died Other people connected to the treasure This was a rare find When excavation passed away one by one Carter unsealed King Tutankhamen's The press went crazy for the story tomb he walked where no one had Headlines declared the curse of the walked for more than 3 000 years Pharaoh But Carnarvon was already sick before the tomb was opened Carter works in King Tut's
12 Ancient Mysteries
Examines 12 of the most engaging ancient mysteries.
About This Book
By: M.J. York
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Published by: 12-Story Library provided by Amicus, part of The Creative Company
