The enduring enigma surrounding Egypt’s most renowned monarch
Tutankhamun is the most famous pharaoh of ancient Egypt, along with many mysteries about this king that have not been clarified.
Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, ruled the country from 1332-1323 BC. He was the son of Pharaoh Akhenaten and ascended the throne when he was 9 or 10 years old. Not only did Pharaoh Tutankhamun inherit the throne from a young age, he was also the emperor who died young when he passed away at the age of 18.
The cause of death of the famous Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is also a mystery. According to some sources, Tutankhamun once fell and broke his leg. After that, Egypt’s most famous pharaoh died due to a wound infection and poor health.
There is also a theory that Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun was murdered. However, the real cause of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s death is still an unsolved mystery.
After his death, Pharaoh Tutankhamun was quickly embalmed and buried. The strange thing is that the remains of this famous king burned after being placed inside an extremely mysterious sarcophagus.
After research, experts discovered that the reason why Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s body caught fire and was no longer intact was because the embalming oil combined with oxygen and linen caused a chemical burning reaction. on fire.
The next mysterious thing about Pharaoh Tutankhamun is that he is the only Egyptian pharaoh without a heart when embalmed. This mystery has been solved by experts after a long period of research. Accordingly, the accident of falling and breaking his leg caused Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s heart to be seriously damaged and irreversible, so embalming could not be carried out.
Not stopping there, Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s penis was also mysteriously tilted at a 90-degree angle compared to his body. This is the only mummy ever found to have a penis in a strange and mysterious position like this. According to a study, this anomaly is intentional. Accordingly, the embalmers did so to make King Tutankhamun look as much like Osiris – the god of the underworld, as possible.
Until now, Pharaoh Tutankhamun is believed to be related to the mysterious curse that caused many people involved in the discovery of this legendary king’s tomb to die mysteriously. Specifically, in February 1923, Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team found the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in the city of Luxor, southern Egypt.
The discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb was an archaeological discovery that shocked the world. However, this event later became the most famous case of the “Pharaoh’s curse”. Accordingly, Clark – the Earl of Carnarvon, who also discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, died of a mosquito bite. In just 2 years after excavating the tomb of pharaoh Tutankhamun, 22 people died suddenly and mysteriously.
Many people believe that anyone who steps in to disturb the tomb and mummy is haunted by the “Pharaoh’s curse”, will encounter bad luck and suddenly die. This has spread fear to many people while the above “Pharaoh’s curse” seems to be an ancient superstition, not scientifically proven to be true.