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Thr Tutankhamun Deception: The True Story of the Mummy's Curse

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I have reviewed this book before but that seems to have gone astray. So rather than wast more time on this book let me just say that it lacks factual information. I do not recomend it and I wish that it were possable to give it NO stars!.

I think that this book is one of the most thought-provoking and interesting books that I have ever read. I loved this book, the layout of the book was fanstastic in how it compared and contrasted. I also think that the quotes really add to the book by saying that Mr. O'Farrell isnt the only one who thinks this. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to open their minds up to this new and intriguing theory.

When I bought the book I was expecting to read about possible theft of artifacts from the Tutankamun's tomb by it's discoverer. I started reading with enthusiasm.

Soon I discovered that the first half of the book gave me no new information on the topic - it was another tale about the discovering of the famous tomb. It seemed to be more like a bunch of quotes from other books with a little explanations by the author.
But the second half was the real killer - the deception was explained in it. The author was starting to hint to some possible lies. The problem : each hint was mentioned three-four times! The reader can get it from the first time, believe me. The author was quoting again and again the book "Tutankhamun: The Untold Story" by Hoving.

And some facts:
- Tutankhamun had 2 children which died in early ages - shown by their mummified bodies. Actually they are both dead born, the mummies are of foetuses.
- Tuthankamun died from hanging - even the previous theories, that are now outdated, were most about blow on the head. Today it is believed that he died from a serious knee injury.
- The most famous depiction of Tutankhamun is the one of its second coffin (the middle anthropomorphic one) - not the death mask.
- The papyri mentioned by Carter but not found later in the inventory are definitely hidden because of the secrets in them that could change our whole World - don't even for a minute think (if they exist at all) that maybe they were just sold on the black market to a wealthy private collector; if you do think like this you will break half of the author's theories;
- The poisoning can only be found by examining the contents of the stomach of a person. There for removing the intestines of a man makes it impossible to detect a poisoning and therefore is an undeniable clue to murder by poisoning.

I wouldn't read that book again!