12 Ancient Mysteries

12 Ancient Mysteries — page 1 — 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 — page 2 — The mask found on Tutankhamen's mummy The electricity went out in Cairo often And the other deaths could be explained away Only six of the 26 people who opened the tomb were dead within ten years And Carter himself lived 17 more years Was it a curse or just a coincidence Many cultures believe it is unlucky to disturb the dead Some think the ancient Egyptians had secret knowledge or magic Written curses have been found protecting Egyptian burials But King Tut's tomb did not have those Some scientists guess that mummies might carry toxic mold It could make people who handle the mummy sick or kill them 1323 BCE But no mold deaths have been Year King Tutankhamen died proven Regardless cursed tombs ancient spells and mummies that come alive still haunt our movies and our dreams THINK ABOUT IT Howard Carter opened King Tut's tomb in 1922 Several people involved in the excavation died in the following years The ancient Egyptians Sometimes included written curses with burials Do you believe in the curse of King Tut Why might the press have exaggerated the story Why might Howard Carter not try to stop the story Scientists believe that mummies can carry toxic mold

12 Ancient Mysteries — page 3 — Lost Island of Atlantis Escapes Searchers a An ancient story tells of the island of Atlantis It was home to a civilization with advanced technology But the Atlanteans grew greedy The Greek gods did not like this The island was swallowed up by the sea killing the people Some believe that the survivors of Atlantis scattered around the world This would have spread their culture to other ancient civilizations Searchers continue looking for the lost civilization Many theories exist but none have been proven The ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote about Atlantis His works are the only ancient sources that mention Atlantis Plato described a large island in the Atlantic Ocean It sank around 9600 BCE Most historians read Plato's account as a myth or symbolic story Plato lived in ancient

12 Ancient Mysteries — page 4 — Some people argue that Bimini Road is evidence for Atlantis People have proposed many locations for Atlantis They compare clues from Plato's writings One possibility is the Greek island of 360 BCE Santorini It blew apart in a volcanic Year Plato wrote about Atlantis more than 9 000 years after he said it was destroyed eruption around 1600 BCE But if this was Atlantis Plato was wrong about the date and the location Tаrtеssus in Spain and the island Stories say the ancient Atlanteans had an advanced civilization before their island sank into the sea of Malta were both destroyed in ancient times Either could lie behind the Atlantis story Other Atlantis seekers have looked in the Bahamas They point to an unusual underwater rock formation called Bimini Road Searchers hope that Some people believe that the survivors may have spread around the world Most historians believe Plato s Atlantis is a myth or a symbolic story Explorers look for signs of Atlantis in Santorini in Greece Tartessus in Spain and other places around the world new discoveries will shed light on this ancient

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