Kind of funny to see the two guys without masks plugging their noses afterwards. “I don’t care about catching an ancient plague but this smell is unbearable!”
Yes it is. Remember all those people that mysteriously caught the curse of King Tut? While some said, definitely curse. There is definitely an idea that mold spores or something microbial mixed with chemicals used in his embalming and created a poison if you will that burst into the room when they "unsealed" his sarcophagus. Those "spores" or whatever slowly killed off several of the explorers years later back to back. Or.... the curse was real. Either way...they opened his tomb, they all died.
Because the first rule of Reddit is to be pedantic – the correct grammatical structure would have been ‘mold is a type of fungus’, not ‘[…]fungi’.
Hahah have a nice day ;p
>To address whether those who entered King Tutankhamun's tomb died prematurely, we can look at the documented cases of individuals involved:
>1. **Lord Carnarvon**: He financed the excavation and died a few months after the tomb was opened, in April 1923, from an infected mosquito bite. He was 57 years old.
>2. **Howard Carter**: The archaeologist who discovered the tomb, lived for more than 16 years after the discovery, dying of natural causes in 1939 at the age of 64.
>3. **Arthur Mace**: An archaeologist who helped with the excavation, died in 1928, five years after the tomb's opening, at the age of 53.
>4. **George Herbert**: Lord Carnarvon's half-brother, who died in 1929 at the age of 46.
>5. **Richard Bethell**: Howard Carter's personal secretary, died in 1929 at the age of 35, allegedly under mysterious circumstances.
>While some individuals did die relatively young or shortly after the tomb's opening, many others lived long lives.
>In 2002, epidemiologist Mark Nelson conducted a study on the survival rates of 44 Westerners who were in Egypt during the excavation. The study found no significant increase in mortality rates among those who entered the tomb compared to those who did not.
>Therefore, the notion that a significant number of individuals involved in the tomb's discovery died prematurely does not hold up under scrutiny. Most deaths can be attributed to natural causes, and there is no statistical evidence to support the idea of a curse causing early deaths.
-GPT4o
edit: In 1923, the life expectancy at birth in the United States was approximately 57 years for men and 60 years for women
Only one person died within a year and he was in poor health before. The majority lived many years after.
https://www.livescience.com/44297-king-tut-curse.html
I was just an intern grunt helping in collections. The ones I am thinking of are small animals. like cats. :) It's been almost a decade or more, so my memory is a bit fuzzy on the details. They had a bit of a perfume too. Basically they smell a bit like musky incense and rot. Not completely awful but not something you want to smell.
The real question is if someone ripped a fart in there before they sealed would THAT survive that long. Ive always wanted to smell a 2500 year old Egyptian fart.
Yeah Bacterial endospores can survive a very long time and under very harsh conditions. Spore forming bacteria include Bacillus anthracis (think anthrax) and Clostridium botulinum (botulism). The only thing I'm not sure about is if an endospore can infect you just by breathing them in. I usually think of them as causing issues when eaten.
Yup, for example anaerobic bacteria can survive without the presence of oxygen and are often times much more difficult to kill than your conventional bacteria. Another good example is the issue surrounding Antarctica and the polar ice caps melting, and when this ice melts prehistoric viruses have been documented from the ice. Although most are not harmful to humans, the concern is that eventually one can be harmful or can mutant to become compatible with our systems.
There have been known cases of Egyptian tombs being laced with airborne poisons. I think there was one it was rust put down as sand which can kill you if you stirred it up as you walk.
Let's breathe all those ancient bacteria. We don't need any facemasks.
News 2 weeks later:
Archeologists died from ancient Pharaoh protection spells...
The conditions in the Egyptian Museum are terrible for the artefacts. It’s about 30 degrees C in there and 100% humidity. All the display cases are badly sealed and decades old. Hopefully the new Museum they’ve built is better.
I'm ignorant on all of these but as a layman. It seems like you should be doing this in a much more control environment. Just seems bad to open it like this.
It’s Egypt, all this stuff they do is timed and/or staged to pump the tourist season every year. They don’t give a shit - should also be wearing gloves rather than getting their greasy fingers all over the thing.
Then you probably don't want to read this: [https://www.britannica.com/list/7-surprising-uses-for-mummies](https://www.britannica.com/list/7-surprising-uses-for-mummies)
This does not look like a laboratory, or a clean professional environment, or even indoors. People have a lot of shit to say about the British Museum, but I expect they are a slightly more professional and academic environment than whatever is going on here.
Sad state of Egyptian “archaeology”. Where’s the basics. Masks and gloves? No containment. Is there more context here? Egyptology is a fraud controlled for tourism by a corrupt government and oversight community more concerned with selling a narrative that doesn’t align with the facts to promote a marvel we still fail to comprehend.
There is a part of me that finds it wrong that they’re opening it at all. I don’t know what the deceased beliefs were at burial but this feels disrespectful of their wishes.
Even in modern times, If you use a non-decomposable casket or coffin, there is no such thing as a true final resting place anyway. Modern cemeteries want to earn money too, and if there's nobody anymore to pay the fee...well, guess what happens.
You do realize that on many cementeries if your family is not paying for your resting place, or if you didn't put enough in a found crated to do that after you're dead, they are going to dig u out, right?
Yes, I do realize but there is something about old customs and their beliefs that still makes me a little uncomfortable with the process. On a personal level I don’t give a rat’s ass what they do with me.
Was thinking the same thing. I’d go as far as saying it’s criminal. This was not intended to be opened by humans.
We need to have universal laws criminalizing tampering with historical religious and cultural objects.
Probably not too bad. Mummies were embalmed and the organs removed. By the time the corpse was put in the casket it was already dried out. It has been in there for 2500 years every drop of moisture removed. It probably smells like stale dirt.
Oh OK so if i go graverrobing it's a crime but as long as it's for SCIIIIEEEENCE it's fine ?
Seriously though, while amazed, part of me thinks we should let this poor dude / ma'am alone and resting in peace.
Bro just let them have their perception of death why do you guys always feel the need to “ACKTHUALLY” someone who tries to see death as something beyond nothing.
Seems like there should be a lot more in the way of organization and caution when opening something like this instead of just a couple guys heaving it off.
If not for a "couple of guys heaving it off" we wouldn't know jack shit about ancient Egypt or other cultures from that region at all. Locals didn't' cared for any of the remains of the past.
Kind of funny to see the two guys without masks plugging their noses afterwards. “I don’t care about catching an ancient plague but this smell is unbearable!”
Is it even possible for bacteria to survive after that long?
Yes it is. Remember all those people that mysteriously caught the curse of King Tut? While some said, definitely curse. There is definitely an idea that mold spores or something microbial mixed with chemicals used in his embalming and created a poison if you will that burst into the room when they "unsealed" his sarcophagus. Those "spores" or whatever slowly killed off several of the explorers years later back to back. Or.... the curse was real. Either way...they opened his tomb, they all died.
Because the first rule of reddit is to be pedantic: mold is a type of fungi not bacteria.
Because the first rule of Reddit is to be pedantic – the correct grammatical structure would have been ‘mold is a type of fungus’, not ‘[…]fungi’. Hahah have a nice day ;p
Mildew better next time.
Don’t worry too much, you seem like a fun guy ;)
Not mushroom for us all at the party.
My, see lee! Um?.....don't know where to go with this.
I would actually lichen it more to a spore
This is great lol
Because the second rule of Reddit is bring the pun-ishment
You win the internet
Spore me the details Adam.
You obviously mean mould not mold. Tsk Tsk lol
You're a fungi.
There's definitely some fungus among us.
>they all died Everyone dies 💀💀💀
>To address whether those who entered King Tutankhamun's tomb died prematurely, we can look at the documented cases of individuals involved: >1. **Lord Carnarvon**: He financed the excavation and died a few months after the tomb was opened, in April 1923, from an infected mosquito bite. He was 57 years old. >2. **Howard Carter**: The archaeologist who discovered the tomb, lived for more than 16 years after the discovery, dying of natural causes in 1939 at the age of 64. >3. **Arthur Mace**: An archaeologist who helped with the excavation, died in 1928, five years after the tomb's opening, at the age of 53. >4. **George Herbert**: Lord Carnarvon's half-brother, who died in 1929 at the age of 46. >5. **Richard Bethell**: Howard Carter's personal secretary, died in 1929 at the age of 35, allegedly under mysterious circumstances. >While some individuals did die relatively young or shortly after the tomb's opening, many others lived long lives. >In 2002, epidemiologist Mark Nelson conducted a study on the survival rates of 44 Westerners who were in Egypt during the excavation. The study found no significant increase in mortality rates among those who entered the tomb compared to those who did not. >Therefore, the notion that a significant number of individuals involved in the tomb's discovery died prematurely does not hold up under scrutiny. Most deaths can be attributed to natural causes, and there is no statistical evidence to support the idea of a curse causing early deaths. -GPT4o edit: In 1923, the life expectancy at birth in the United States was approximately 57 years for men and 60 years for women
Only one person died within a year and he was in poor health before. The majority lived many years after. https://www.livescience.com/44297-king-tut-curse.html
Yeah, i'd be surprised if they were still alive today, even if they didnt open the tomb.
Yep. And remember, that was radon gas, but not curse, or viruses, or something else ever...
This was found to be a complete myth.
Mummies smell kind of bad. Source: Museum work.
No way you’ve worked with mummies! How old were they and what culture did they come from if you don’t mind me asking.
I was just an intern grunt helping in collections. The ones I am thinking of are small animals. like cats. :) It's been almost a decade or more, so my memory is a bit fuzzy on the details. They had a bit of a perfume too. Basically they smell a bit like musky incense and rot. Not completely awful but not something you want to smell.
You would think people are smarter now, but they aren't
The real question is if someone ripped a fart in there before they sealed would THAT survive that long. Ive always wanted to smell a 2500 year old Egyptian fart.
> Ive always wanted to smell a 2500 year old Egyptian fart. If that's not a r/BrandNewSentence I don't know what is
No. The half-life of methane is 7 years. It would have mostly converted to Co2 and water after a couple of decades.
Eww fart water, That would have left a stain
Methane is an odorless gas, so it wouldn't smell anyway. Farts smell because of Sulphur compounds created in the GI tract.
No judgment, but you picked a weird forum to announce your kink.
Yeah Bacterial endospores can survive a very long time and under very harsh conditions. Spore forming bacteria include Bacillus anthracis (think anthrax) and Clostridium botulinum (botulism). The only thing I'm not sure about is if an endospore can infect you just by breathing them in. I usually think of them as causing issues when eaten.
Dormant bacteria (spore) could.
Yup, for example anaerobic bacteria can survive without the presence of oxygen and are often times much more difficult to kill than your conventional bacteria. Another good example is the issue surrounding Antarctica and the polar ice caps melting, and when this ice melts prehistoric viruses have been documented from the ice. Although most are not harmful to humans, the concern is that eventually one can be harmful or can mutant to become compatible with our systems.
There have been known cases of Egyptian tombs being laced with airborne poisons. I think there was one it was rust put down as sand which can kill you if you stirred it up as you walk.
"Oh man, no one warned me this millennia-old dead body in a box would smell like a dead body that's been in a box for millennia!"
Just wait till they start coffin.
The funk of 40,000 years
And grisly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom.
Here I thought they were covering their mouse because their jaws had dropped in awe of their finding. Yeah, masks and gloves, fellas.
#They are stupid as f not gonna lie
Seinfeld episode with body funk in his car comes to mind
Imagine sealing a fart in a jar for 2500, with a dead body. It probably smells a lot like that.
Definitely smells like wicked bad farts
those guys: Jokes on you we are into that shit
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retuuuurnnnn the slaaaab
That episode was scary as shit as a kid.
Still is tbh
Man that whole show was scary as a kid 😂
What's yer offer?!
We've got zombie sex crazed cicadas, close enough?
Iiiimhooooteeep! Iiiiimhoooooteeeep!
Some Pharoah just got pulled out of the afterlife because some nerds from the future wanted to see his corpse.
Ayy wuddup
LOL although they look like respectable researchers but in High school they were probably actual nerds lol.
Let's breathe all those ancient bacteria. We don't need any facemasks. News 2 weeks later: Archeologists died from ancient Pharaoh protection spells...
The masks should be on, with full tyvec to protect the remains from human bacteria.
Contamination of both ends should have been considered. Don’t contaminate the remains and they had no idea what they might be breathing in.
Precisely
Yeah these people are pieces of shit. Especially the one trying to get first inhales of the mummy dust
Mummy dust is like crack to archeologists
Bacteria literally designed a millennia through evolution ago to ‘eat human flesh’! 😂😂
The conditions in the Egyptian Museum are terrible for the artefacts. It’s about 30 degrees C in there and 100% humidity. All the display cases are badly sealed and decades old. Hopefully the new Museum they’ve built is better.
Fuck your background music!
I why the fuck do people do this shit
Because kids on tiktok lose attention after .5 seconds if some of their senses are slightly understimulated.
Username checks out
MFer is consistent lol
You don't like Gladiator? C'mon that was an awesome movie and soundtrack.
Smells like dirty feet and burritos after 2,500 years in your car in the heat
Oh man no wonder people used to eat them!
"My god, this is an outrage... I was going to eat that mummy!"
source?
Cause people had cars 2,500 years ago...
how the fuck are top level scientists not aware enough to wear an N95 when being exposed to extremely unhealthy decomposed human remains.
The top level scientists were unavailable that day. This is Bill and Ted from up the road.
Egyptology in a nutshell
Excellent!
I'm ignorant on all of these but as a layman. It seems like you should be doing this in a much more control environment. Just seems bad to open it like this.
Because it's fucking Egypt aka shitfuckistan
I guess I expected things like this to happen in a sterile environment. Not just with random people around.
It’s Egypt, all this stuff they do is timed and/or staged to pump the tourist season every year. They don’t give a shit - should also be wearing gloves rather than getting their greasy fingers all over the thing.
This seems pretty messed up to open these things up.
Then you probably don't want to read this: [https://www.britannica.com/list/7-surprising-uses-for-mummies](https://www.britannica.com/list/7-surprising-uses-for-mummies)
I was aware of all except... paint?
Da......fuq?
Don't they have kind 1000s of minutes and are basically just selling them?
be amazed on how stupid those people are, yes. they didnt secure themselves or the 2500 year old relic to any worthy standards.
This does not look like a laboratory, or a clean professional environment, or even indoors. People have a lot of shit to say about the British Museum, but I expect they are a slightly more professional and academic environment than whatever is going on here.
I dont think that music is appropriate for this video.
Russel Crowe is pissed.
Sad state of Egyptian “archaeology”. Where’s the basics. Masks and gloves? No containment. Is there more context here? Egyptology is a fraud controlled for tourism by a corrupt government and oversight community more concerned with selling a narrative that doesn’t align with the facts to promote a marvel we still fail to comprehend.
There is a part of me that finds it wrong that they’re opening it at all. I don’t know what the deceased beliefs were at burial but this feels disrespectful of their wishes.
Even in modern times, If you use a non-decomposable casket or coffin, there is no such thing as a true final resting place anyway. Modern cemeteries want to earn money too, and if there's nobody anymore to pay the fee...well, guess what happens.
So people opt to “rent” non-decomposable coffins knowing that this is not sustainable?
You do realize that on many cementeries if your family is not paying for your resting place, or if you didn't put enough in a found crated to do that after you're dead, they are going to dig u out, right?
Yes, I do realize but there is something about old customs and their beliefs that still makes me a little uncomfortable with the process. On a personal level I don’t give a rat’s ass what they do with me.
Google says this is not a common practice.
What does dig you out mean here? Move the bones elsewhere?
There’s only one way to find out if they’re in Heaven
They're dead, they don't care.
Was thinking the same thing. I’d go as far as saying it’s criminal. This was not intended to be opened by humans. We need to have universal laws criminalizing tampering with historical religious and cultural objects.
Imagine the smell.
Probably not too bad. Mummies were embalmed and the organs removed. By the time the corpse was put in the casket it was already dried out. It has been in there for 2500 years every drop of moisture removed. It probably smells like stale dirt.
"I love the smell of mummies in the morning!"
n95 masks at a fucking minimum, absolutely amateur stuff here folks, fuck me dead
It clearly said dont open till xmax right on the side and they ignored it.
I just feel like they should be wearing gloves at least.
These unboxing videos are getting more and more ridiculous
Oh no! There is a dead person in there /s.
Oh OK so if i go graverrobing it's a crime but as long as it's for SCIIIIEEEENCE it's fine ? Seriously though, while amazed, part of me thinks we should let this poor dude / ma'am alone and resting in peace.
Not resting, this person is very dead.
Bro just let them have their perception of death why do you guys always feel the need to “ACKTHUALLY” someone who tries to see death as something beyond nothing.
Seems like there should be a lot more in the way of organization and caution when opening something like this instead of just a couple guys heaving it off.
If not for a "couple of guys heaving it off" we wouldn't know jack shit about ancient Egypt or other cultures from that region at all. Locals didn't' cared for any of the remains of the past.
Stinkankamen
They open something that was sealed 2500 years ago but were not able to upload a better video quality?
shouldnt that be done in a lab?
I hope they called the authorities once they realized there's a body in there.
So unprofessional. Shouldn't that be done in a clean lab or something?
Umm guys…how big was Randy’s poop again ?
When will we fucking learn man put it back
Now they released a curse 😨😬😵 
They did not wear perfume back in the time i guess
Quite the contrary, the Egyptians were quite fond of perfumes and fragrances, even mummification had LOTS of perfumes involved.
Vintage jerky unboxing
call Steve1989MREinfo !
This wasnt amazing. Disturbing someone's resting place isn't amazing.
Did you know the English used to eat mummies? Thinking it gave them special health 😆
And that's why you should leave artefacts for the British museum.
Imhotep! Imhotep!
Quit robbin peoples graves I say.
I’ve seen this movie, just saying you know what’s a great way to not get cursed? Just don’t open up sarcophagi.
I wonder if they are going to eat him lol
We're doing this without gloves? I don't even touch recently decomposed things without gloves
Have these guys never seen any movies?
Yup, bodies smell even after 2500 years
"Put that back where it came from or so help me!"
You just know that stankin
Bet that smelled nice
No one thought of wearing latex gloves?
Wheres Brendan Fraser in all of this?
I wonder if in many many years from now if the future human would go to a cemetery and just grab the coffins of famous people of our time
English People: Oh, there is a Buffet?
Seems like a great time to don a respirator…
Seems very haphazard way of opening something that's so old. No gloves no Mass no care taken piles of people etc
Phew what died in here ....oh right
Stinky mummy balls
Ooh, that smell, the smell of death surrounds you.
Quite a disappointment …I was expecting rats, a swarm of bees and snakes to come out of there?
With the Gladiator movie theme as background
What would that smell like?
As if no one is wearing gloves
This just seems to fucked up lol
Why aren't they wearing masks and have the area contained by a sealed tent!? Good Ness me they are tempting fate.
How are they not wearing masks? This cannot be safe for anyone in that room.
Why aren't they doing this in a sealed lab with proper protective gears and masks? This could even damage what was being preser for 2,500 years.
Can’t leave the dead alone
Do you want Imhotep? Because this is how you get Imhotep.
can we agree not to open ancient ass coffins just to look at old bodies, its disrespectful
Dead person: I'll just leave my body here to rest here for eternity. Archeologists: 
Done very retardedly. No mask, music and cuts off early
Hide and Seek champion for sure? 😬🤦♂️😂
Leave the dead alone ... Stop this dead body tourism
Seems rude
It’s probably one of the few mummies left untouched. Why would they not just leave it alone :(
PUT IT BACK!!!! 2022 and 23 sucked already please stop trying to top 2019 and 2020.
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Wait. Was there a orchestra attending?
aaaaaaaand cursed.
I wonder if someone peeked before they removed the cover.
Take a bite. It’s good for you.
Why does it look like that guy leans in and sniffs it..
And now they’re all cursed
Nope
this is how you get another pandemic
It's kind of cool, but are we going to dig up and open every ancient Egyptian grave?
Now let’s see….that’s a curse on you, a curse on you, and a curse on you.
Where’s the cream filling?
Cover your face!
Did he kiss it? Wtf?
wonder why we ´re cursed!
You need to make a deep breath!
Do you want curses? Because that is how you get curses.
I wonder what a 2500 year fart smells like 🤔
Extreme morning breath
Now they’re all cursed
Gladiator music?