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Carter sent a telegram
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to Lord Canarvon in England
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to come quickly and went to
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Cairo to meet his benefactor.
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But while he was away something
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very strange happened.
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The golden bird that had
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brought them luck
was killed by a cobra.
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Well, now the cobra was
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the protector of the pharaon.
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And the canary represents those
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who had entered the tomb.
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So the cobra ate the canary
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because of the mummy's curse.
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More likely he ate it
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because he was hungry.
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I like the curse idea better!
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Well, certainly the workmen
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believed it was the curse.
:23:57
The death of the golden bird
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was a bad omen to them.
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It meant that someone close to
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the proj ect would die within the year.
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Rumors of a curse mattered
little to Carter.
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He hoped his dig would uncover
a tomb like this one
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the tomb of a pharaon
named Ramses the 6th
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who ruled long after King Tut.
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Carter wanted to find treasure.
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But if not, something
just as precious.
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Pictures...
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hieroglyphs that would
reveal priceless knowledge
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of how the ancients lived
and what they believed.
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These images are from the
Egyptian Books of the Dead,
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passports to eternity which
were buried with a mummy.
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To help a dead king reach
the afterlife,
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they supplied answers to
questions he would be asked
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spells to deflect dangers
along the way.