The riddle of Pharaoh's curse solved - What researchers say

Biological causes behind the ‘mysterious’ deaths of those who approached the tombs of Egyptian Kings

Scientist claims to say the “curse of pharaoh» from which it is stated that 20 people who opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 were killedis essentially poisoning of radioactive natural elements from uranium and toxic waste that was deliberately placed in the sealed tomb.

According to ancient Egyptian scriptures anyone who tampered with the king’s mummified remains risked death “from a disease that no doctor can diagnose.”

However, the author Ross Fellows maintains that the cause behind the deaths was biological.

Inscriptions found inside other tombs throughout Egypt suggest that ancient people knew about the toxins.

Typically, certain areas were “forbidden” because of the “evil spirits” they harbored.

According to the study published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration, high levels of radioactivity have also been detected in Old Kingdom tomb ruins, two sites in Giza and several underground tombs in Saqqara.

“Intense radioactivity was linked to two stone coffins, particularly from their interior“, emphasizes Fellows.

Professor Robert Temple noted that the coffins were made of basalt and were a source of radiation. Other studies have directly measured radon gas at various sites in tombs at Saqqara.

Radon gas is an intermediate product of uranium decaywith a half-life of 3.8 days.

Ambient radon concentrations were detected at six locations within the ruins of Saqqara: in the South Tomb, the Pyramid of Djoser and the Serapeum Tomb Tunnels.

Thousands of vessels excavated under the Step Pyramid in the 1960s contained up to 200 tons of unknown substances that have not yet been identified – suggesting that the toxins were buried with the mummified remains.