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What Mummy Movies Get So Wrong About That Very Real Revenge Plot

The Mummy, on big screen and in oral history is a legend of revenge and retribution that is barely true, but still has a long afterlife.

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Science history: Archaeologists discover King Tut's tomb, and rumors of the 'mummy's curse' begin swirling — Nov. 4, 1922

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step. It would lead into the unlooted tomb of King Tut.

LiveScience

Meet the Americans who love Downton Abbey: ‘People wanted photos with my lifesize Hugh Bonneville cut-out’

IN FOCUS: Julian Fellowes’ very British period piece has won over legions of American devotees since it premiered in the States in 2011. As the show bows out with a third and final film, Katie Rosseinsky talks to fans from across the Atlantic about its escapist appeal

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Toxic fungus from King Tutankhamun’s tomb yields cancer-fighting compounds – new study

In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: “Yes, wonderful things.” Within months, however, Carter’s financial backer Lord Carnarvon was dead from a mysterious illness. Over the following years, several other…

The Conversation

Love, lies and lavish homes – historical and royal homes that witnessed scandal, romance and intrigue

What the tour guides don’t tell you: royal residences and historic houses hiding jaw-dropping secrets...

Woman & Home

How Sherlock Holmes, ancient Egypt and a mysterious 'curse' inspired Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie published The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb in September 1923, almost a year after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Her Hercule Poirot short story drew inspiration from the sensationalised folklore of the “mummy’s curse”. Lord Carnarvon, sponsor of the excavation, had died…

The Conversation

UK farmer carves world record-setting image of Tutankhamun into field

Tom Pearcy cut more than 5km of pathways into an 15-acre field of maize to mark the 100-year anniversary of Tutankhamun’s tomb being found

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The quest to find King Tut is detailed in new book about the storied pharaoh

“The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery” by Nicholas Reeves; Thames & Hudson (464 pages, $50)

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History behind Nottingham pub that is one of the city's last examples of unusual architecture

Handel Street is home to two unusual pubs both with architecturally unique features

Nottingham Post

100th anniversary of King Tutankhamun's tomb discovery marked by new book

Egyptologist Dr Bob Brier has written a new book marking the 100th anniversary of archaeologist Howard Carter and his team's discovery of the boy king's tomb in 1922

Daily Mirror

More than a story of treasures: revisiting Tutankhamun's tomb 100 years after its discovery

On November 4 1922, a young Egyptian “water boy” on an archaeological dig is said to have accidentally stumbled on a stone that turned out to be the top of a flight of steps cut into the limestone bedrock.

The Conversation

The Queen was discussing her love for her horses ‘right to the very end’

Royal racing adviser John Warren said the Queen had been delighted to have a winner on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

'Switched on' Queen was chatting about love for horses ‘right to the very end’

The Queen's racing manager John Warren has told how she was "wonderfully switched on" making plans going forward and chatted about her love of horses "right to the very end"

Daily Mirror

The 10 men and women who have influenced the Queen

A range of figures both prominent and private have played an important role in the life of the head of state.

The Independent UK

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