We're back to tell you all about the slew of strange misfortunes that occurred after the unsealing of King Tut’s tomb: including inexplicable fires, illnesses, and death that plagued some of the tomb’s excavators, early visitors, and morbid collectors. Were all the unfortunate happenings a result of the 1900's of it all--or do you believe in the curse of King Tut?

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