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A series of strange events are associated with an ancient artifact, brought from Egypt to Europe in the 19th century and known as the “sinister mummy. “Some of these stories are undeniable fiction, but some were allegedly confirmed by one journalist in early 20th century.
Journalist named bertram fletcher robinson for several months investigated and clarified the present circumstances related to an artifact of tragedies. Robinson died suddenly before he finished my job.
Was this the curse of the “sinister mummy”?
Bertram Fletcher Robinson, circa 1906. Photo: Ted Sherrell / wikimedia commons
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This version was followed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as some other acquaintances of Robinson. Doyle’s comments on death and journalist’s investigation were published in an influential Pearson’s Magazine and the Daily Express, which belonged to the same owner.
Robinson began investigating the history of the mummy in the hope of writing article for the Daily Express and debunk these legends. But on According to reports, the journalist found that the legends turned out to be true. His articles were collected and cited in his publication by BFRonline, Robinson Life and Work Organization (1870-1907), who was also a famous writer, politician and athlete.
Doyle said of the death of Robinson:
“She was called by the Egyptian elementals (spirits – approx. per.) guarding the Egyptian mummy because Robinson began Investigate the sinister stories associated with her. Impossible with with absolute certainty to say that this is true … but I warned Mr. Robinson not to mummy in The British Museum. He persisted and died … I told him that he trying his fate, making inquiries … The immediate cause death was typhoid fever, but this is the way they could act the elementals guarding the mummy. ”
The history of this artifact (which is actually not mummy, and the lid of the sarcophagus of the mummy) was detailed in August 1909 issue of Pearson’s Magazine. It was alleged that all the facts were carefully verified. Robinson.
The cover of 1909’s Pearson’s Magazine published story of the “sinister mummy” (British Museum ref AE 22542). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
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The artifact was discovered in Egypt by an Arab who sold it. no one Mr. W. at a party organized by the “famous English aristocrat. “The magazine described the sarcophagus as follows:” On it a female face was captured, unusually beautiful, but with a cold unkind expression. ”
“On the way back after the evening party to the arm of one of the guests his servant accidentally shot, the weapon worked for no apparent reason. The arm had to be amputated. Another guest died in poverty a year later. The third was shot. Sarcophagus owner upon return to Cairo learned that he had lost a huge part of his fortune and soon after this died. …
When the sarcophagus arrived in England, its owner Mr. W. gave to his married sister who lived near London [site BRFonline suggests that a woman might be called Ms. Warwick Hunt]. Immediately family unhappiness fell in the form of large financial losses that also brought other troubles. ”
The photographer who shot the sarcophagus and claimed to have captured on film the face of a living woman, died shortly afterwards. Owner artifact transferred it to the British Museum, where he was at that the time when Robinson studied it, and is also to this day day.
All these stories are based on the investigation of the long dead journalist and publications in two publications owned by one and the same person. If they are true, then it really is inexplicably. It’s much easier to explain the rumors around ancient egyptian priestess of the item that arose after the release Pearson’s Magazine articles in 1909.
They say that the “sinister mummy” was on board “Titanic” when the ship sank, and that she was to blame for this tragedy. Barbara Mickelson investigated the story of this legend for Snopes.com and concluded that the sarcophagus never left The British Museum, and these rumors went from journalist William Stead and another man named Douglas Murray.
Stead and Murray told the story of the mummy brought to one friend’s house. The spirit of the mummy allegedly smashed all the beating items in at home and suffering from illness and trouble for everyone who came in contact with him. Later they saw a sarcophagus at the British Museum, it was the same artifact that Robinson studied. They said the face, depicted on the sarcophagus, looked exhausted, and the spirit of the priestess was evil power released into this world.
Stead was one of the passengers of the Titanic and drowned. Survivor an eyewitness retold a story in an interview for New York World about the curse of the mummy, as Stead told other passengers on The Titanic.
Over time, as Mickelson explains, the story of the curse of the mummy, sarcophagus in the British Museum and the Titanic intertwined into one a legend.
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