The mysterious trumpet carries the curse of the Egyptian pharaoh

The pharaoh's horn was famously used only three times in the past 3,000 years. But every time he spoke, a disaster soon followed.

Most people have heard warnings about not disturbing the treasure of the pharaohs. While many legends, speculations surrounding the tombs of ancient Egyptian rulers were often dismissed and regarded as coincidence, a case that attracted great public attention for the The mystery has not been solved so far.

King Tut's horns consisted of a silver and a brass one.(Photo: Wikipedia).

That's the strange thing happening around a pair of trumpets buried with Pharaoh Tutankhamun (aka King Tut) , the youngest pharaoh in ancient Egyptian history.

According to historical records, Tutankhamun ascended the throne in 1332 BC at the age of 9 and suddenly died mysteriously at the age of 18.

The pair of trumpets, a silver and a bronze one, were among the ancient treasures unearthed at King Tut's tomb. They have just been transferred to England for the Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Treasures exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London. However, visitors are warned against blowing these trumpets.

Hala Hassan, who is in charge of the Tutankhamun collection at the Egyptian Museum, said the brass trumpet possessed "magical power" and " whenever someone blew it, war would occur".

In fact, the trumpet has been rarely used since archaeologist Howard Carter excavated King Tut's tomb in 1922.

Silenced for more than 3,000 years, the pair was eventually used to perform in a live radio concert to the BBC's 150 million listeners around the world in 1939.

A sudden incident caused the Egyptian capital Cairo to lose power and the concert must take place in the candlelight.

During a rehearsal rehearsal in 1939, King Tut's silver trumpet cracked, injuring a trumpeter.(Photo: Wikipedia).

According to Rex Keating, a BBC broadcaster at the time, during rehearsal preparing for the concert, King Tut's silver trumpet cracked. Alfred Lucas, a member of Carter's archeological team, was so upset that he was hospitalized for treatment.

Later that year, the bloodiest war in world history broke out.

Later, the pair of horns was only played two more times, once before the Arab-Israeli War in 1967 and just before the 1991 Gulf War.

Ahram, the leading Egyptian newspaper reported: "A week before the revolution, during the process of taking photos and documenting, one of the museum staff blew the horn of King Tut. A week later, the revolution The same incident happened before the 1967 war and before the 1991 Gulf War, when a student tried to play a trumpet while doing comprehensive research on the Tutankhamun collection. "

King Tut's horns are on display in the museum.

The brass trumpet was stolen from the Cairo Museum in Egypt during a riot in 2011. However, it was secretly returned to the museum a few months later.

At present, experts believe that King Tut's trumpets should not speak again.

"Everyone is curious to hear the sound of these instruments, but it is too dangerous," noted Egyptologist Margaret Maitland.

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