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Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Can Egyptologist Bob Bianchiexplain why, in the 1920s, news of the cursespread as swiftly...

Can Egyptologist Bob Bianchi
explain why, in the 1920s, news of the curse
spread as swiftly as it did?

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Can Egyptologist Bob Bianchi explain why,
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in the 1920s, news of the curse spread as swiftly as it did?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:29
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Blink Films

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Movie Summary

In 1922, the tomb of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun was unearthed. Now the extraordinary scientific truth of the 'Pharaoh's Curse' is revealed.
S01 • E01 What do you think it was specifically about - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
What do you think it was specifically about
S01 • E02 Born over 4,5000 years ago, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:09
Born over 4,5000 years ago,
S01 • E01 That made it so popular? On the one hand, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:08
That made it so popular? On the one hand,
S01 • E02 He wasn't a pharaoh like Tutankhamun, but after his death, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:13
He wasn't a pharaoh like Tutankhamun, but after his dea...
S01 • E01 And there were many, many individuals who lost a lot of sons, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
And there were many, many individuals who lost a lot of sons...
S01 • E01 And the discovery of a dead pharaoh, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
And the discovery of a dead pharaoh,
S01 • E02 So the fact that he was elevated to the level of a god makes - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:09
So the fact that he was elevated to the level of a god makes
S01 • E01 And it wasn't just World War I, it was also the Spanish flu. Yes. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:05
And it wasn't just World War I, it was also the Spanish...
S01 • E01 You know, the big pandemic of that century. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
You know, the big pandemic of that century.
S01 • E02 They are worshipped after their lifetimes to some extent. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
They are worshipped after their lifetimes to some extent.
S01 • E01 So, I think that the death was on everybody's mind. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
So, I think that the death was on everybody's mind.
S01 • E01 And here, you have a dead individual that's immortalised - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:09
And here, you have a dead individual that's immortalise...
S01 • E02 That is such a good point. Whereas, you know, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:05
That is such a good point. Whereas, you know,
S01 • E02 And by the time he reaches that point of being a god, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:10
And by the time he reaches that point of being a god,
S01 • E01 And I think that just resonates with people's sensibilities - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:06
And I think that just resonates with people's sensibili...
S01 • E01 The recent war wasn't the only reason death was in the air. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:06
The recent war wasn't the only reason death was in the ...
S01 • E01 Mysticism and the occult were growing in popularity. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:05
Mysticism and the occult were growing in popularity.
S01 • E02 Emery focused his search around one of the most spectacular sites - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
Emery focused his search around one of the most spectacular ...
S01 • E01 Above all, a movement called spiritualism, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:08
Above all, a movement called spiritualism,
S01 • E01 Many of the newspapers linked the death of Carnarvon - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:15
Many of the newspapers linked the death of Carnarvon