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The Mummy's Curse - The true history of a dark fantasy (Paperback)
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The Mummy's Curse - The true history of a dark fantasy (Paperback)
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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 dismissed by Egyptologists, the mummy's curse remains a part
of popular supernatural belief. Roger Luckhurst explores why the
myth has captured the British imagination across the centuries, and
how it has impacted on popular culture. Tutankhamen was not the
first curse story to emerge in British popular culture. This book
uncovers the 'true' stories of two extraordinary Victorian
gentlemen widely believed at the time to have been cursed by the
artefacts they brought home from Egypt in the nineteenth century.
These are weird and wonderful stories that weave together a cast of
famous writers, painters, feted soldiers, lowly smugglers,
respected men of science, disreputable society dames, and spooky
spiritualists. Focusing on tales of the curse myth, Roger Luckhurst
leads us through Victorian museums, international exhibitions,
private collections, the battlefields of Egypt and Sudan, and the
writings of figures like Arthur Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard and
Algernon Blackwood. Written in an open and accessible style, this
volume is the product of over ten years research in London's most
curious archives. It explores how we became fascinated with Egypt
and how this fascination was fuelled by myth, mystery, and rumour.
Moreover, it provides a new and startling path through the cultural
history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.
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