PHARAOHS’ TOMBS
SUPPOSED CURSE FALLING ON DISTURBERS DEATH OF ANOTHER EXCAVATOR TENTH IN SERIES! OF TRAGEDIES (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) London, November 16. The sudden death of the Hon. Richard Bethell has again revived discussion about the curse which many believe falls to all who disturb the tombs of the ancient Pharaohs. As secretary to Mr. Howard Carter, Mr. Bethell carried out the work of excavating Tutankahamen’s Tomb. He went cheerfully to bed at the Bath Club early yesterday after a game of cards, and later was found dead lying across the bed. The “Daily Mail” points out that he is the tenth person concerned in the work who has died more or less suddenly. The first was Lord Carnarvon, who began the work, and whose death followed a mosquito bite six weeks after he entered the tomb. Last year there were several mysterious fires at Mr. Bethell’s Manchestser Square mansion, which was stocked with treasures brought from the Valley of the Kings. Mr. Bethell’s daughter was named Nefertari, after Tutankhamen’s queen. , •
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 46, 18 November 1929, Page 11
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