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Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Weigall was working for The Daily Mail, which was a rival of the London Times, and he was...

Weigall was working for The Daily Mail, which was a rival of the London Times, and he was not able to get the scientific information from Carter
on a daily basis

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Weigall was working for
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The Daily Mail, which was a rival
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of the London Times, and he was not
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able to get the scientific
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information from Carter on a daily basis.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:26
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 He has credentials as an Egyptologist. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
He has credentials as an Egyptologist.
S01 • E01 He switched gears, in a sense, and became a journalist. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:04
He switched gears, in a sense, and became a journalist.
S01 • E01 He was working for the Daily Mail, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:14
He was working for the Daily Mail,
S01 • E02 And so he had to take an opposite, "non-scientific" tack. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
And so he had to take an opposite, "non-scientific"...
S01 • E02 Weigall didn't believe in the curse, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:07
Weigall didn't believe in the curse,
S01 • E01 Nobody was, the Times had the exclusive, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:09
Nobody was, the Times had the exclusive,
S01 • E02 Weigall needed to generate readership and said, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb 00:18
Weigall needed to generate readership and said,
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...