Mummy's Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy

by Roger Luckhurst

Book Overview

In the winter of 1922-23 archaeologist Howard Carter and his wealthy patron George Herbert, the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, sensationally opened the tomb of Tutenkhamen. Six weeks later Herbert, the sponsor of the expedition, died in Egypt. The popular press went wild with rumours of a curse on those who disturbed the Pharaoh's rest and for years followed every twist and turn of the fate of the men who had been involved in the historic discovery. Long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199698716
• ISBN13: 9780199698714
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"