The Curse of Tutankhamun, also known as "The Pharaoh's Curse," is a legendary tale that emerged after the discovery of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings. According to the legend, anyone who disturbed the pharaoh's final resting place would suffer misfortune, illness, or death.
When Carter and his financial backer, Lord Carnarvon, opened the tomb, which had remained almost untouched for over 3,000 years, rumors of a curse began to spread. The belief in the curse was reinforced when Lord Carnarvon died just a few months after the discovery, in April 1923, from blood poisoning following an infected mosquito bite. His death, combined with other accidents and deaths among people connected to the excavation, was considered by many to be evidence that the curse was real.
An alleged inscription found in the tomb — "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the pharaoh" — has become part of the legend, although there is no evidence that this text actually existed in the tomb.
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