The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-05
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Death of Lord Carnarvon
 Starts New Flood of RumOrS
BULLETIN

CAIRO, Egypt. April 5.-(By As sociated Press s.)-The Earl of Carnar- von died peacefully at ? o'clock this morning. He was conscious almost to the end. His death was due to blood poisoning through the bite of an insect with the later development of pneumonia.
 LONDON, April 4.-Has the curse of the ancient Pharaohs descended upon Lord Carnarvon and his house. holland will it overtake those to whom Lord Carnarvon has given sac red objects from the tomb of Tut ankhamen?
 Ever since Carnarvon, the famous Egyptologist, rolled aside the stone protection of the tomb of Tutankh- amen, thereby disturbing the Praraoh after sleep of $500 years, ne has been plagued with misfortune after misfortune.
 So, believers in sinister occuitism of ancient Egypt have revived the uncanny legend that an evil spell overtakes anyone who disturbs the tomb of a Pharoah. They even won- der if the friends of Carnarvon. among them titled ladies of England and other countries, whom he has given beads and other relics from the death house of Tutankhamen, will be similarly plagued.
 Plaques Against CarnarvOn.
 Among the most prominent recip- tents of Tutankhamen gifts from Lord Carnarvon are the Queen of the I, 1At Lyon who is to become the bride or the Duke of York on April 26.
 The misfortunes which have over taken Carnarvon and his family since he entered the Pharaohs tomb after a search of seven years and eXpen- diture of s1oo,o0O, are listed as fol- lows:
 One: Lord Carnarvon died after desperately battling for his life at Cairo. Shortly after Carnarvon entered the tomb, he was bitten by a mysterious insect and blood poison ing developed. He had just recovered from the results of the insects stlns when pneumonia developed.
 2. When Carnarvon was strick- en, Lady Carnarvon, his wife, started from London in an airplane. She be- came seriously ill while in the air and was forced to land in France. proceeding to Cairo by train.
 
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 3. Two days before the open ing of Tutankhamen's tomb one or the maids of Lady Evelyn Herbert. daughter of Carnarvon, was attacked by apendicitis and forced to undergo an operation.
 4. Simultaneously with the opening of the tomb, an epidemic or bols appeared in many parts of Flu rope. leading to the warning of be- lievers in the occult that an ancient plague had been released from the tomb. This started they said, when the excavators removed articles bear ing the figures of cobra--one or the emblems of ancient royalty.
 !. As soon as images or the Pharaoh s cobra were brought from the tomb a real cobra swallowed a pet canary belonging to Carnarvon. This. of course, strengthened the sin ister murmurings of the superstl- tious.
 There are many who believe that it is dangeroU for women to wear the blue beads from the tomb of d mummy, on the theory that curses, which were placed on the objects thousands of years ago. still maintain their effectiveness. Hence thelr con cern at what may happen to those who have received favors from Car naryon taken from Tut's tomb.
 The superstition connected with the Pharaohs has been dignified by the fact that officials of the British museum here in London, some of the most learned archacologists in the world, have placed one famous num- my in a separate room because of a belief that curses will befall persons looking upon it. Thus, it is not necessary for persons visiting the museum to gaze upon the mummy or to pass his shrine unless they so desire