A German returned a stolen pharaonic glyph, fearing exposure to the curse of the pharaohs

The man's stepfather brought an object with him from Egypt, suffered serious illnesses and died within three years * An eighty-year-old urban legend continues to gain followers

A resident of Germany brought with him to the Egyptian embassy in Berlin a package containing a piece of a pharaonic carving which, according to him, his stepfather stole in Egypt and therefore suffered from the phenomenon of the "curse of the pharaohs". The man felt obligated to return the glyph to atone and allow his father's soul, as he said, to rest in peace. This was stated in a message published by the Council of Antiquities of Egypt.
This is an excellent example of the previous article published today "On errors, mistakes and self-deception". The man's stepfather stole the object when he visited Egypt in 2004 and upon his return to Germany suffered from paralysis and nausea, unexplained tremors and cancer, and died recently, the man, who was not identified by name, wrote in a letter he attached to the package.
The Egyptian embassy in Berlin sent the piece to Egypt by diplomatic mail and it was transferred to the Egyptian Council of Antiquities, where it was referred to a committee of antiquities experts trying to verify its antiquity.

The curse of the pharaohs, or the belief that a curse will strike anyone who tries to disturb the repose of the ancient mummies of the pharaohs in their tombs in Egypt is a common urban legend since the discovery of the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun in 1922 and the death of the financier of the discovery, Lord Carnarvaren a day later. In the following decade, 21 of Kernerwaren's relatives and the archaeologist Howard Carter who did the actual digging died.

Allegedly, he also tells about warnings written in script on the grave warning of disaster, but it turns out in the end that the warning inscription was added to the story when it was distributed and was not and was not created in reality because otherwise it would have been recorded like all the other finds from the tomb. In addition, most of those directly involved in the excavation were not harmed at all and lived long lives Pierre Lacau, Egyptologist, died aged 92, 42 years after the excavations; Sir Alan Gardiner, who deciphered the writings in the Khartoum language at the site, died at the age of 84 - forty years after the excavations; Lady Evelyn Herbert, daughter of Lord Kernerwaren, who was present at the excavations, died aged 78 - also after a long time - 57 years after the excavations, and in general the average life expectancy among those involved in the excavations was even higher for their time, 73 years. By the way, Kernerwaren himself was old and sick, and the state of sanitation in Egypt 80 years ago was not one of the best either.
The Curse of the Pharaohs on the "Science According to the Internet" website