London's Fear Of The Number 13
All over our triskaidekaphobic city, superstitious measures are in effect to ward off this 'unluckiest' of figures...
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All over our triskaidekaphobic city, superstitious measures are in effect to ward off this 'unluckiest' of figures...
A storied London landmark is still as special as when it opened
The Curse of Tutankhamen’s Tomb – Part 1 On 29th November, 1922, Egyptologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were confronted by the tomb of King Tutankhamen apparentely guarded by a stone inscribed with the ominous threat: “Death Shall Come on Swift Wings to Him Who Disturbs the Peace of the King." Undeterred, they later opened the tomb and discovered the famous pharaoh along with a wealth of treasures, launching the world into the modern era of Egyptology. The first incident fuelling local rumours of a curse occurred on the very day that the King’s tomb was broken into when Carte...