The tomb of Tutankhamun was undoubtedly among the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time, and everyone knows about the troubles which beset this remarkable find. The untimely death of Lord Carnarvon just after the opening of the tomb, and his appetite for the occult, swiftly gave rise to rumours of a curse. Also the presence of certain art treasures in museums across the United States provides evidence that Howard Carter and his aristocratic patron removed priceless objects from the tomb. What is not so well known is that among the wonderful treasures Carter and Carnarvon unearthed were also rumoured to be papyri that held the "true account" of the biblical Exodus from Egypt. Why did Carter threaten to reveal this volatile information to the public at a meeting with a British official in Cairo shortly after the discovery of the tomb? At a time when Arab hostility towards Britain's support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine was spilling on to the streets of Jerusalem and Jaffa, such actions on the part of the hot-headed Englishman could have caused untold chaos across the Middle East. The existence of the controversial papyri and the background to their explosive contents is the subject of this book, which explores the age of Tutankhamun and its relationship with the Biblical Exodus story. It follows the plight of Israel from its captivity at the hands of Pharoah through to the events surrounding the establishment of the modern Jewish state of Israel, covering the Exodus from Egypt, the conquest of Canaan and the origins of the Jewish religion. Not only do these papyri potentially question Israel's rights in Palestine, but the book argues they could have changed world history had their contents been disclosed. Moreover, in the knowledge that Lord Carnarvon exhibited distinct signs of toxic poisoning in his final days, and the fact that he knew full well of the discovery of the papyri, the authors suggest that foul play cannot be ruled out.
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Andrew Collins is an historical writer and author of a number of books that challenge the way we perceive the past, including From the Ashes of Angels, Gods of Eden and Gateway to Atlantis. He lectures worldwide and is the organiser of the Questing Conference. Britain's largest annual conference on the subject of alternative history. Chris Ogilvie-Herald is former editor of Quest for Knowledge magazine and co-organised 'The Giza Debate' in March 1998. His first book Giza: The Truth (co-authored with Ian Lawton) was published by Virgin in 1999 and received widespread acclaim.
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43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Tutankhamun the Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery (Hardcover)
This is an interesting new angle on the Tutankhamun story. Supposedly Howard Carter found some papyri in the tomb shortly after its discovery. These papyri supposedly contained new information on the early history of the Jewish people. And supposedly this information would place in doubt the historic claim of the Jewish people to the land of Israel.On one level this is a rather entertaining book because its an archaeological mystery story with sidelights into the occult. On a deeper level it doesn't really hold much water. Regardless of the origin of the ancestors of the Jewish people (and this book has some intriguing material on that subject) nothing can deny that Jews did live in Israel/Judea for many hundreds of years. Furthermore, thinking about those papyri, the authors can give very little real evidence that they ever really existed, or if they did,that they really contained the explosive material the authors maintain they did. So, the book is well written, contains some interesting archaeological information on the early history of the Jews and their religious beliefs, and also provides some previously unknown (at least to me) insights into the occult beliefs of Lord Carnarvon and others involved in the tomb's discovery. But as to how accurate it is, and how much stock to place in its theories, I'm much less willing to state an opinion. Buy it if you like mysteries, but look elsewhere for serious archaeological/historical analysis
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A very plausible investigation,
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This review is from: Tutankhamun the Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery (Hardcover)
Collins and Ogilvie-Herald present a very plausible investigation into, not only the real story of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, but also the significance of his 'lost' papyri. The level of research, detail and presentation is quite impressive and this alone makes the book worth reading, whether or not you agree with their conclusions.With regard to Mr. Crowe's review: There is nothing in the text of this book that supports such rubbish as the "Holocaust denial movement". He seems to have picked one bad apple off the tree and made a meal of it, perhaps in support of his own agenda, fixation and witch hunt. As for Mr. Cerny's review, I doubt he even read the work in its entirety. There is nothing in the book about a clerk overhearing anything. The person that recorded Carter's story was his North American lecture agent, Lee Keedick, President of the Keedick Lecture Bureau, who was never in Egypt. It is doubtful that Cerny even bothered to read the work in its entirety before submitting his review.
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This review is from: Tutankhamun: The Exodus Conspiracy: The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery (Paperback)
I have read several books on the subject, but this one is completely different because the author approaches the issue with a true scientific spirit trying to verify every single point he makes in the book including the SHOCKING details never before disclosed about Lord Carnarvon Kin. Finished it off in 2 nights. A must for anyone interested in the matter
Hatem A Tawfik, MD
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