Seems the Pharaoh's curse could still be alive and well in Egypt:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070822/od_nm/...arving_curse_dc

"CAIRO (Reuters) - A German has handed in a package containing part of a Pharaonic carving to Egypt's embassy in Berlin, with a note saying his stepfather had suffered a 'curse of the Pharaohs' for stealing it, Egypt said Wednesday.

The note said the man felt obliged to return the carving to make amends for his late stepfather and enable his soul to rest in peace, Egypt's Supreme Council for Antiquities said.

The stepfather had stolen the piece while on a visit to Egypt in 2004 and on his return to Germany suffered paralysis, nausea, unexplained fevers and cancer before dying recently, the anonymous man said in the note.

Coincidence?



Sure makes a person wonder...

There is probably nothing to this. However, I am the type of person that would not take a chance on bringing any type of curse or energy home with me.

hmmmm this one of the few things i am unsure of. i love reading about pharaohs curses or anything egypt related
those illness the father suffered are very unusal. but i'm not saying that make the curse real nor am i saying it is fake
but
why did the father steal it, and why did the son recieve it?

We're always reading about the curses of ancient Egyptian Tombs. I'm wondering where the father stole the carving from .

Perhaps some bacteria found in the tomb, that's my best guess

I would wonder...sometimes, these things are too closely connected with the artefact in question to be just coincidence...There is so much that we cannot explain, and I, for one, would be reluctant to put it to the test.

The Egyptians never put curses on tombs.
The bald fact that the punishment for tomb robbing was death by impalement, was thought enough deterrent. And of course in the afterlife the robber's heart and Ka would be destroyed by the Goddess Ammut(the devourer of souls) and would be denied an afterlife.Pity it didn't work too often...

Why does legend have it that curses were put on tombs?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...5/wegypt125.xml

"Legend has it that the royal tombs of ancient Egypt were sealed with monstrous curses against all those who trespassed into the domain of the afterlife.

In the tomb of the boy pharaoh, Tutankhamun, hieroglyphs were said to have spelled out a dreadful end for all those who entered."

I'm just curious why you say Egyptians (contrary to legend) never put curses on tombs. TIA.

Because they didn't.
The simple fact is the 'Curse of the Pharaoh' was made up by an author during the early 20th century.In late March of 1923, a novelist named Mari Corelli (Mary Mackay) published a warning that there would be dire consequences for anyone who had entered the tomb of a Pharaoh. The media also embrodered the facts. One newspaper printed a curse reportedly found in the tomb:"Death will come on swift wings to those who enter the tomb of the King."

There was no such curse, but there was one inscription found on an Anubis statue that stated:

"It is I who hinder the sand from choking the secret chamber. I am for the protection of the deceased".

This was correctly reported to the public, but one reporter added his own words to the inscription:

"and I will kill all those who cross this threshold into the sacred precincts of the Royal King who lives forever."

In addition, newspapers appear to have arbitrarily killed off many of the people surrounding the tomb's discovery. According to one list, 26 people associated with the find died within a decade of its discovery. In reality, only six people died during this first decade, while many others lived to an old age.

For example, the curse should have laid squarely on the shoulders of Howard Carter himself, but he lived another 17 years, dying just prior to his 65th birthday. Yet he had spent about a decade working in the tomb. Others likewise lived long and fruitful lives. like Perrie Lacau who died in 1967 at the age of 92.