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Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Weigall needed to generatereadership and said, "I'm going to write it anywaybecause the...

Weigall needed to generate
readership and said, "I'm going to write it anyway
because the people eat it up." Carter loathed Weigall's writing
and said the Tut curse was his invention

Full Transcript

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Weigall needed to generate readership and said,
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"I'm going to write it anyway because the people eat it up."
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Carter loathed Weigall's writing and said the Tut curse
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was his invention.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:54
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
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 Weigall was outside the tomb the day Carter and Carnarvon - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:08
Weigall was outside the tomb the day Carter and Carnarvon
S01 • E01 As they went down the steps, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
As they went down the steps,
S01 • E02 But when Weigall died in 1933, there was a final twist to his story. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
But when Weigall died in 1933, there was a final twist to hi...
S01 • E01 Arthur Weigall didn't approve of the joke. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:05
Arthur Weigall didn't approve of the joke.
S01 • E01 And I think that what Weigall was suggesting, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
And I think that what Weigall was suggesting,
S01 • E01 Maybe a bit of hubris on Carnarvon's part. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:05
Maybe a bit of hubris on Carnarvon's part.
S01 • E02 "Did Mr Arthur Weigall die himself as a result of the curse? - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:06
"Did Mr Arthur Weigall die himself as a result of the c...
S01 • E01 And Weigall allegedly said, and I quote, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:22
And Weigall allegedly said, and I quote,
S01 • E02 "Sir Ernest A Wallis Budge, the greatest living Egyptologist, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:09
"Sir Ernest A Wallis Budge, the greatest living Egyptol...
S01 • E02 "It is my firm belief that Arthur Weigall died the unfortunate victim - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:06
"It is my firm belief that Arthur Weigall died the unfo...
S01 • E02 "It was not perhaps any royal curse, but one self-induced." - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:08
"It was not perhaps any royal curse, but one self-induc...
S01 • E01 ..and make Tutankhamun's tomb notorious - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
..and make Tutankhamun's tomb notorious
S01 • E02 "Mr Weigall died in a London hospital as a result of hashish - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:16
"Mr Weigall died in a London hospital as a result of ha...
S01 • E02 The drug allegation was made up. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
The drug allegation was made up.
S01 • E02 Weigall really died after suffering a tumour - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
Weigall really died after suffering a tumour
S01 • E01 Deep in southern England lies Beacon Hill. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
Deep in southern England lies Beacon Hill.
S01 • E02 But Weigall's death was further proof of the grip the myth - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
But Weigall's death was further proof of the grip the m...
S01 • E01 It overlooks Highclere, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:06
It overlooks Highclere,
S01 • E01 In February 1923, Carnarvon attended the opening - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:08
In February 1923, Carnarvon attended the opening
S01 • E02 Despite the distraction of the curse story, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:15
Despite the distraction of the curse story,