The Curse of King Tut's Tomb: Is It Real?

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[@decodingtheunknown2373]

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[@MusicalRaichu]

can they see if we're related to king tut?

[@Stroheim333]

Haven't watch this video yet. But I am completely sure it is a CONSPIRACY THEORY!! according to the silly rethorics on this channel. It is not a conspiracy theory, just a silly myth invented by sensational journalists.

[@gifttanz]

​@@MusicalRaichuI built mine back to ethlred the unready which honestly explains a lot in our family xD 😆 Plus the only curse in our family is the curse of questionable parentage. 🙃 I blame Simon fully for my myheritage addiction xD

[@Nyan_Kitty]

MyHeritage tricked my dad into a subscriprion and refuse a refund [Edit:] Ok, got our money back, phew. Thank you, Trustpilot! (And the MH employee who issued the refund ofc)

[@zotha]

​@@Nyan_Kittydoesn't surprise me, these are all shitty companies selling your literal genetics for profit. No surprise they are also just fraudsters.

[@Fallensounds2010]

That immediate transition from grave robbing v archeology to a MyHeritage has me DYING ON THE FLOOR 😂😂😂

[@isabellrose]

Transition*

[@jonatanrullman]

Shit fam, hope you got better.

[@tomhutchins7495]

Reminds me of the Dad's Army throwaway joke where Fraser is telling one of his spooky stories about a friend who robbed an ancient temple and was cursed by a shadowy figure. "What happened to him?" Asks one of the others. "He died." Cue shocked looks. "Last year. He was ninety-seven."

[@wickedwitch1392]

Before air-conditioning was common, in summertime offices had fans. Yes, it was quite gusty inside. Paperweights held papers on desks.

[@partyontheobjective]

We had a similar curse in Poland. When the tomb of Casimir IV Jagiellon (a king of Poland) was opened, people died. The news of a curse spread far and wide. The culprit turned out to be Aspergillus flavus, a nasty type of fungus.

[@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567]

i think it was something similar with Tuts tomb just in case Simon doesnt mention it - at 26 mins, he dismissed poisons but will he dismiss the fungmongous the humongous fungus?

[@javiermoya2801]

Oof. Yeah I looked up that one a while back too and it is a messed up way to go

[@vic5015]

I read in high school that Shakespeare placed an actual curse upon anyone who would disturb his remains. For Reals. And being Shakespeare he naturally did it as a rhyming couplet. If I recall correctly, the curse reads as follows "Blessed be the man who spares these stones. And cursed be he who moves my bones." The teacher said that re-using graves was common at that time and Shakespeare simply didn't want it to happen to him.

[@Becky317girl]

I heard that that particular fungus can cause infections and cancers. It can take years to manifest and I'm assuming it would also affect people differently depending on the strength of the person's immune system.

[@Lunch_Meat]

Aspergillus flavus was my favorite ancient Roman poet. He was a fun guy

[@Battle_Beard]

The Sphinx: “A big rock with it’s nose broken off…” 💀

[@Gilly9244]

‘How about taking some responsibility’ cracked me up that 🤣🤣

[@coreygraves40]

This is probably one of my favorite of Simon's channels. His tangents and calling bs on this stuff is just so delightfully entertaining!

[@renata8979]

I’ve seen many documentaries speculating how violent Tut’s death could be judging by the state of his remains, but recently one KZbin channel commented that it was actually Carter’s team that hacked at the poor mummy in the process of excavation/examination. I’d be pretty pissed at such indignity too.

[@LisaBowers]

Yes, Simon, antibiotics are amazing! I had a kidney infection and sepsis last year. I was hours away from death. (I don't remember much because I was too busy hallucinating and blacking out.) Thanks to antibiotics, _and to the doctors and nurses,_ I'm still here. More importantly, I'm able to watch every video in the Whistler-verse! 😁

[@cotati76]

Wow congrats on pulling thru that. I can’t imagine how scary that must have been. I had a bad staff infection on my leg several years ago where it turned black but nothing like you. I’m glad you made it.

[@LisaBowers]

@@cotati76 Thank you for the kind words. Staph infections are no joke. They can be devastating! I'm glad you recovered, too. Unfortunately, after the sepsis, I've been experiencing all kinds of cognitive problems. (Losing words, forgetting what I was talking about mid-sentence, forgetting the day of the week, forgetting other things I'm having trouble with to add to this comment, etc.) Now, everything has become "the thingy" because I can't remember what things are called. I have to hit rewind on videos because I can't remember what they were _just_ talking about.) The doc said it'd clear up after a year, but it's been 17 months and I've barely had any improvement. However, I really shouldn't complain. *I'm alive!* I experienced the best possible outcome. So... YAY! (However, once you've had sepsis, it's very easy to get it again. So I just have to be very careful and pay close attention to my health.) Cheers!

[@heathernoles7703]

Simon, I absolutely LOVE watching you talk lol. Yer so funny. My 9 month old lights up when she sees you come on the tv. We really enjoy spending hour after hour listening to your various channels. Keep being awsome! With much love from Ga, -heather & daisy

[@RHCole]

The plot of the Lord of the Rings is that a group of friends take a hike to a volcano and have lots of adventures along the way.

[@QBCPerdition]

Nah, it's about a dude trying to return his uncle's ring to where it was made, but their return policy is killer.

[@slayingroosters4355]

​@@HadenBlakewatch the last scene from lord of the rings again where they all rush in to frodo on the bed. That scene was straight out of brokeback mountain 😂

[@frankdarrin8885]

I thought it was about how all men should get in the pile regardless of hight disability or any other reason orcs hobbies humans elves and eagles all in one big pile, to prevent the future like the profits of Colorado, state....... or did I miss something????

[@johnsensebe3153]

A group of guys get rid of some old jewelry.

[@SPierre-dm4wo]

Minor tangential correction: 'elective' in a medical context has to do with urgency, not how necessary a surgery is. My granddad was next door to the cardiac ICU's nurses' station and had been resuscitated twice before he got a stent put in, but it was still an elective procedure.

[@Lunch_Meat]

Thank you kindly for mentioning this. I do medical massage work and you have no idea how many of my clients I need to explain this too. Oh, one of your major joints needs a elective corrective surgery but you won't get it because it's elective? I mean, give me all the money you want, but I'm not going to fix it and please stop assuming I can. I'm not a doctor or a miracle worker.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Wow! That ad read was longer than one of Danny's intros.

[@hypocriticalcritic6915]

Not gonna lie, I was really skeptical about this episode being any good. But once again, Katie came through. The in depth research took a topic I've heard about again and again, and actually taught me new things. I didn't come into this episode believing in King Tut's Curse, but I did believe this episode would be boring. I was wrong and I throughly enjoyed listening to it.

[@johnlshilling1446]

And the Curse you are skeptical of has found you! The least deadly, but most annoying of all curses: The Curse of the Petty Spelling Bee Champion... You spelled "thoroughly" wrong. "throughly" is incorrect. Sit down. You have been eliminated. You will not die from this error, but the humiliation will have you forever seeking death, as a possible relief. Don't do it. It won't help. Endure your miserable existence until death --- by natural or accidental causes, unaffected by your own hand or desires --- catches you unaware. Then, and only then, will the curse cease to exist. It will then, and only then, abandon its attachment to your soul. Even your memories of the humiliation will evaporate, granting the peace you've sought in vane... But! Do not seek a loophole! Each attempt, even considering the possibility, will increase the burden of the humiliation... You have been informed and warned. You cannot plea ignorance! You are Doomed! Acceptance is the easiest path. Also; Consider that Doomed is nowhere near as horrendous as Damned... So, Enjoy... Have a nice day! 😊 😮

[@antoniolara9004]

​@@johnlshilling1446😂😂😂 somewhat savage

[@hypocriticalcritic6915]

@@johnlshilling1446 .....TLDR

[@katywatson4940]

Thanks!

[@darkermatter125.35]

This video is the most British Simon has ever been on camera lol.

[@liambethell2584]

I can confirm the King Tut curse still haunts the Bethell family. I have yet to have a winning lottery ticket. My wisdom teeth are killing me and i just discovered that i let my coffee go cold. #️⃣cursed

[@DavidF8969-ks2tj]

Fact boy is going to get cursed for making fun of the pharaohs curse 💀👿☠️👹

[@logancade342]

I didn't even know he was sick 😉

[@crandleberrysadie]

​@@logancade342😘

[@bencouling5434]

​@@logancade342 hey I wanted to say that haha

[@slayingroosters4355]

I cured him and his entire blood line for eternity a while ago don't worry 😂

[@JamesAnderson-dp1dt]

His awesome waterproof shoes will suddenly start leaking!

[@RECTALBURRITO]

The Mummy with Brenden Frazier is a favorite of mine too.

[@TheMoonRulesNo1]

I like how the curse manifests itself as health issues that were very common at the time, and frequently deadly. Also... Apparently being murdered in undoubtedly seedy "gentleman's" clubs, and suicide are evidence of curses?

[@ProbablyNotLegit]

Also that guy's dad committed suicide after his son died, which is honestly kind of understandable

[@Battle_Beard]

The difference between theft and archeology: Time and dirt.

[@Yoncenia1492]

"You did this to you!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Simon is not having it with this curse lol

[@DaveSlutzky]

FYI, weird finger infections can get really bad without antibiotics, especially stuff from, like, cat bites. Go to your doctor. Source: I'm an nurse. Stay safe folks!

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:15 - Mid roll ads 5:30 - Back to the video 6:20 - Chapter 1 - The curse of the pharaohs 16:10 - Chapter 2 - The curse of king tut 19:40 - Chapter 3 - The victims 27:25 - Chapter 4 - Decoding the curse 43:05 - Chapter 5 - A curse addendum 44:45 - Chapter 6 - Wrapping up the mummy curse

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

I'm more inclined to blame molds and bacteria than poisons or curses.

[@kip258]

I could believe the poisons, but after so many years they likely lost all potency lol

[@beagleissleeping5359]

I once told a supervisor that the reason our line ran badly all the time was, "It's the curse of Tecumseh. He's taking his vengeance on the white man one machine at a time." I don't think he realized I was just joking and probably thought I was a nut. 😂😂

[@BruceBoyde]

Oh shit, I was just listening to the 12 hour DTU compilation and a new one dropped. It's my lucky day

[@benwillis5840]

My great-grandad worked as a chauffeur at Highclere Castle (the exterior of which is used for Downton Abbey) back in the 1920s. The family story goes that in the 1920s, shortly after the death of Lord Carnavon, he was ordered late at night to take a heavy sack and throw it in a nearby lake (possibly Milford Lake). He would tell my grandfather that the family believed in the curse and he thought the bag contained items taken from the tomb that Lady Carnavon wanted removed from the castle.

[@fingersfinesilver]

I knew one of the gardeners at highclere and he said that the sack was found in a cupboard many years later in a secret cupboard in 1987. No curse ever materialized.

[@221b-l3t]

Is it real? Nope. Will I watch an almost hour long video explaining why? I guess yes!

[@btetschner]

There was an episode of the original Ducktales series called "Sphinx for the Memories." Some people think it was abscent in Disney Plus because it had spirit possession.

[@tychodragon]

I love simon. I don't really know why. hes like a cute safe little westerner who looks really smart 10/10

[@michaelkeller5555]

Simon's tangent about having never been given antibiotics for something that would have killed him made me think about the fact that I definitely would have and now I'm thinking too much 😂

[@McClane4Ever.]

When does it become archeology as apposed to regular old grave robbing? 100 years? 500? 1000?

[@seanmorgan2356]

No. The curse isn't real. The end. On a side note, I've seen King Tutankhamun! His Mummified Majesty payed a visit to the museum of the Rockies in Bozeman Montana back in 2006.

[@IanAlcorn]

The exhibit and mummy also came to Idaho Falls, ID back in 2012. Quite fascinating.

[@retriever19golden55]

The Museum of the Rockies is totally awesome! I live in Central New York, I'd love to get back to beautiful Montana for another visit!

[@pamelamays4186]

Yes, Simon you did make videos about King Tut. At least two.

[@initiativeplaytherapy88]

"It's just a small mask." A small mask that weighs 22 pounds, was placed in a coffin that weighs 242 pounds, and both of which were made of solid gold.

[@bbells8486]

I've found some creepy artifacts in a Howard Johnson before.

[@krissyburke5050]

I saw King Tut in my city because they had a temporary exhibit in 2010, I was also twelve. I don’t remember it being crowded so I love the fact when they did a temporary exhibit the seventies, it was so popular that people waited overnight to get in and spurred this local obsession with Egyptology. That story was actually the inspiration for Steve Martin’s King Tut song, New Yorkers are crazy man

[@BruceBoyde]

Heres my thing with the British Museum and friends: just make some replicas and give it back. I saw the traveling King Tut exhibit that Egypt created a few years back when it came to Portland, OR. An extremely well trained expert with access to specialized tools could tell the difference, but the average person absolutely cannot. Technology is pretty great these days, so it's not like it's especially hard to make a replica as flawless as we're willing to spend for.

[@annak8755]

Personally, I'd also like it if they made videos of all the stuff that is not exhibited (in the museum and outside it) and how it relates to the time. Maybe ask the history channel to stop with the ghost and alien hunts for a few years and recreate some of the rituals that the artifacts would have been used in. It's a pity that visiting one museum just gives you a piece of a puzzle that you have no idea where to place. I've seen mummified people and animals, statues and trinkets in museums that are so removed from their context, it's hard to place them in time. I would have liked to know the age when they were used as well as what was used before said object and afterward. You can say I like to see how things evolved, to see a video of a seed in the ground, of the plant budding, growing and withering rather than to see a seed behind a glass in a white room.

[@BruceBoyde]

@@annak8755 yeah, that would be an excellent addition as well. Beyond the basically just theft, the removal from context really limits the potential for understanding the scattered artifacts.

[@Lunch_Meat]

Good luck with that. The number of people who just care about seeing something because it's famous is insane. It's what's kept the Mona Lisa so popular, It was the number one thing I heard from people when I went to see the dead sea scrolls in Denver, it's why a bunch of people go on safari in Africa but never go see their ancient ruins. The masses are idiots who just go "I've heard of that and I want to see the real deal!" You give those schmucks a story about how you have fake, but good fake, versions of the real deal and nobody will go see them except the small handful that has actual interest in the subject

[@BruceBoyde]

@@Lunch_Meat eh, maybe. Tons of people saw that Tut exhibition as it traveled the U.S. It was certainly quite busy when I went, to the point that your ticket had a specific time window to see it all. I can't be certain that people realized it was replicas, but it wasn't like they obfuscated the fact.

[@Lunch_Meat]

@@BruceBoyde I hope you're right, I really do, cause I support your proposal. I just know that the dead sea scrolls exhibit was WAY more packed than the viking exhibit and the main reason was because everyone has heard of the dead sea scrolls. Hell, half the people I talked to while waiting in line didn't even actually know what the dead sea scrolls were, just that they were special

[@RobBulmahn]

"Would you ransack a tomb and steal all the treasure?" .... she asks a British man! 😂

[@Pennysfishkeeping]

The curse of King Tut's tomb is having to be buried with his wife's coffee cups.

[@bjmcmahon722]

I'm praying this comment gets pinned! Lol...!😅

[@Pennysfishkeeping]

​@@bjmcmahon722I hope so too

[@ssfbob456]

"I love that shit. I love theme parks! I went to one last weekend! ...Mostly for the kids. I had a lot of fun." Simon, I'm pretty sure you _are_ one of the kids. 😂

[@flexinclouds]

"King Toot and Carmen".. Gotta love subtitles😂😂😂👌

[@michaelmayhem350]

Just once I want Simon to open with yes of course it's real thanks for watching roll the credits lol

[@hellokristi]

Simon's next channel: Family Tangents! Writers from all channels submitting family stories. I always love a family tangent!!

[@pc_gaijin]

There are real issues with opening a sealed compartment that has been closed for a long time. If the space has not been gas freed there can be all kinds of naturally occurring toxic gases hanging out in the space, some of which can kill in seconds.

[@FuncleB]

Loved this one. I've been pretty housebound the past five months from surgery, and Simon's videos have kept me very entertained. Good humour, very interesting and always sends me on a deep dive myself with various topics discussed. Even my mum likes Simon's videos and she hates everyone lol.

[@the-chillian]

I'm at 8:14 so maybe Katy writes about this later, but the joke here is that Egyptian tombs, the royal ones with all the gold in them especially, were looted literally all the time. Tutankhamen's tomb was actually a pretty small specimen and there's reason to believe it wasn't an especially rich burial as such things go. The remarkable thing about it is that it was intact, rather than having been looted within a few years of his burial. Sure, pharaohs kept the locations of their tombs as secret as they could -- that's why they were buried in caves dug into the Valley of the Kings rather than flashy monuments like the Old Kingdom pyramids -- but the workers knew. And it was probably the workers who came back later to loot the things. It that the entrance to Tutankhamen's tomb had been covered up not long afterward by the detritus from excavating a different tomb, so that even the dudes who made it couldn't find it again. And that's why we have this singular example of an intact royal Egyptian burial of an otherwise unremarkable and obscure pharaoh that history had practically forgotten. But that's why the curses, in the hopes of magically forestalling grave robbers. (They were not of course literate, so they wouldn't have been able to read the curses for themselves.) Of course, the very people who carved them into the walls of the tomb didn't take them any more seriously than Simon did, and practically every other tomb was emptied of anything shiny in short order.

[@RIlianP]

While Tutankhamen's tomb was indeed remarkably well preserved, it was indeed looted twice within several years of the pharaohs burial, but both robberies were detected and some of the stolen items were replaced and the tomb repaired. Later due to the natural flooding of the Valley of the Kings the entrance was covered by natural layer of alluvium which concealed it and the tomb of Horemheb later was built on top of it, later more rubbish from different other constructions was duped on to of it and concealed it further.

[@TheMoonRulesNo1]

They were published anonymously because women wrote the stories, and the publishers would likely have not published them if their real names were on the stories.

[@hollymcdowell2865]

It always cracks me up with “big brain” and “fact boy” 🤣🤣🤣

[@spencerwilkie4218]

Simon says it's okay to grave rob, if enough time has passed. Guess I should tell my lawyer that, might help my case 😂

[@chuckkincaid986]

At 13:14 Simon says head your bang instead of bang your head!!!!! 😂

[@Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.]

Got to meet Zahi Hawass, just last week in Orlando, I was very surprised at how funny he was, he had a great story about losing King Tut’s penis, it’s a little long, the story not the penis. But we were able to get autographs, photos, and speak with him personally, if he comes back to Florida or I go to Egypt I’m definitely going to look him up again.

[@shinkicker404]

Please tell me that’s how he opened the story, lol. “I let me tell you the story of how I lost King Tuts penis, it’s a little long…” lol

[@Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.]

@@shinkicker404 No that’s my joke, but he was extremely funny, he had my brother and I laughing our ass off. Total opposite of what you would think he would be. And they did lose King Tuts penis but it was found. It seems getting your penis mummified is worse than getting in a cold swimming pool.

[@itsapittie]

My favorite curse is a Swedish runestone that includes the statement, "Whoever destroys this stone engages in unmanly sex acts." 🤣

[@Victoria-dh9vb]

26:09 The moment where Simon forgot that *windows exist* Bro. You good? When was the last time you saw the sun?

[@bboops23]

33:41 honestly, you'd be shocked at how certain infections can go bad. My husband's cousin had a minor UTI turn into Sepsis. I once let a UTI turn into a kidney infection because usually a UTI clears up on its own. A high dose of Vitamin C can often clear up a minor infection. At your age, Simon (the same age as my husband), you've probably had a few minor infections that you had treated as a kid/teen/young adult etc that you don't even think hard about that could have caused major issues or your body would have done its thing. But you don't necessarily know if you'd have survived. Standard practice these days has us doing a lot of good stuff to prevent infections from ever getting to a point to that we need oral antibiotics. Think about how often you've gotten a cut and put an antibiotic cream or gel on it and you also washed it with soap and water and put a sterile bandage on it. In the past it wasn't uncommon to just wrap cuts without washing them. It wasn't uncommon for people to believe that washing cuts would actually make them less likely to heal properly. It also wasn't uncommon for people to go long periods of time without proper vitamins like Vitamin C which slow wound healing. How many times as a child dud you have a bad cough with yellow mucus that you got an antibiotic for that people in the past may have seen turn into Pneumonia because they didn't treat all their little infections and issues so they all had worse immune systems. It's not even always that we have modern medicine. It's a combination of things. We also have the knowledge that doing the right stuff from the start to prevent something from getting worse is better for us and we have better immune systems to fight off bigger infections. If your kid has a nasty cold, which is very likely because kids are germ factories, it's going to be a lot harder to prevent catching that cold when your body is fighting off the chronic infections it has from improperly cleaning your shaving cuts and then that common cold that is modern people don't even bother getting antibiotics for as adults because our immune systems have learned to handle them turn into Pneumonia and then the people in the past die all because they couldn't be arsed to wash their hands before they touched their face after they cut it while shaving

[@sammyi2505]

I love how Simeon is so painfully British in this one 😂

[@areiaaphrodite]

Actually, it is Tutankh-AMUN. Like the god, Amun. His name literally means "Living Image of Amum."

[@caseydykes117]

'Like some Ancient egyptian disney princess' has me rolling 🤣🤣🤣

[@shahzenanakai2499]

simon the pronunciation from your childhood is closer to the actual one than your ‘adult’ pronunciation 😭😭😭

[@tamarinmangold1414]

Was thinking the same throughout this video! 😭😭😭

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Great topic, images, writing, and analysis!

[@Spoodabandit]

16:19 “ too-tan-ka-moon “ 😂

[@lindathompson5884]

It’s the facts that prove to be so much more interesting than the facts that are glamorously described. I can think of one big KZbin channel that is very successful with no fact checking done….Simon you are solid!

[@btetschner]

Simon should endorse those safety whistles that people use for self-defense.

[@bradlevantis913]

Great writing and The editing was hilarious.

[@M_J_Knight]

I love this channel because your view on these things. Every video you make i think finally someone who doesn’t automatically believe in something that’s based on coincidences and rumors.

[@BasicGeometry]

Can’t wait for the next channel: Unknowning the Decodes

[@pamelamays4186]

😢 Suggestion: The 27 Club. Many famous Rock singers have met their demise at the age of twenty-seven. Janis Joplin. Jimmi Hendrix. Kurt Cobain. Amy Winehouse. Jim Morrison, et cetera. ☠️🎸

[@DavidF8969-ks2tj]

That would be cool

[@PandoraSaysSo]

OK, I'm still watching, but this whole episode is already made for me by our beloved editor adding the "What??" Clip 😅

[@breathlesshaste]

The Mummy ride freaked me out because of the flames! I totally wasn't expecting that.

[@Fabala827]

Simon’s joking description of how family’s talk about the past is literally my Memere though 😂😂 “Who did you play with when you were little?” “My sisters” “what did you do?” “We just played” lmao

[@ZAV1944]

There was a myth floating around that RMS Titanic sank because she was carrying a cursed mummy onboard, but of course that is absolute bunk as all the Legends who watch Simon will know.

[@mariakelly90210]

I love how goofy Simon is on this series!

[@tomhutchins7495]

I love how Simon ends the episode 10 seconds in. Pretty much matching my reaction to the thumbnail, though I knew I wanted to see what we would find.

[@laughingoutloud5742]

Yes your childhood pronunciation of Tutankhamun is correct!! I'm on a mission to stop you from embarrassing yourself! lol 🤦‍♀️

[@madbyinstinct]

Great recommendation on my heritage, my family is almost impossible to track due to some of them being victims of the slave trade.

[@SCRB1GR3D98]

18:35 He was put on general display at the Franklin Institute in Philidephia in 2007. I got to see him as a kid. I went with my grandparents. I'll never forget the very odd ominous feeling that came over me when I first saw him. Almost like a feeling of not being welcome somewhere.

[@Dusan994Q]

"spoiling peoples fun" should be the subtitle of this channel

[@Agatha4581]

Correlation does NOT equal causation. Sometimes, as Simon said, it’s just a coincidence. End of story.

[@tkxbetrayer2405]

It was fun watching you spoil my fun. Good video, as always Simon.

[@danbainbridge9473]

I believe paper weights were used to keep the paper flat when reading as most would have curls, either from storage or poor paper stock

[@AlexAre0]

8:25 I loled cuz I was like it is kinda rich to see a British man talking about treasure hunting as perfectly fine. Then Simon commented about the British museum. I am not commenting on the legitimacy of treasure hunting and archeology, I am just saying that it is a funny lens I saw it in for a second and was immediately addressed in the video.

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

Remember going to the museum to see the King Tut exhibit. Must have been all of 11 or 12 years old, but the death mask is still a vivid memory. That thing rules. He might have been an inbred, club-footed freak, but his pimping game was on point!

[@5minsoffish]

Simon's thumbnail face looks like he still hasn't mastered the look....😂

[@renee_3364]

Allergic pneumonitis/allergic alveolitis (the respiratory reaction to mold and ancient dust) has an acute and a sub-acute form. The acute form will look like a pneumonia and can kill within days to weeks, but the subacute form can lie in wait for years whilst slowly damaging the lungtissue. You can't discount the deaths from 5-years after the excavation based off timing alone, as it's very possible that some of them passed from the subacute lungdamage following mold-exposure.

[@GrouchierBear]

1:18 I was expecting Simon to say "Absolutely, because I'm BRITISH!"

[@lisapop5219]

The day after our high school prom, me & my friends went to the dia to see the Egyptian exhibit. It was a traveling exhibit & we wanted to see it. That was in 92. It was nice to see

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Simon & Katy, Simon "What was the past like Grandma?" Grandma "It was the WORST Simon, it was the worst"

[@krymsonuchiha14]

Omg! I loved the mummy when I was a kid. It got me into Egyptian mythology, and now I'm a panthiest fantasy writer working on stories based on mythologies!

[@wombatperson5431]

That Mummy Universal ride was so awesome. I rode it like six times in a row.

[@terryenby2304]

Simon, you are incredibly lucky! I have had sepsis, and many, many nasty chest and kidney infections that would have developed in to sepsis and killed me without antibiotics. Also many smaller things like a wisdom tooth that grew into my cheek muscle, and ear infections that could have caused hearing issues if not a serious problem. Not to mention life changing surgeries! Modern medicine is incredible!

[@bryanhikes7248]

Simon: "Like button smashed = pay check cashed!" Am I right, peter?!

[@btetschner]

On a post for a video of an interview, Brendan Frazier responded to me TWICE. Never in my entire life has a celebrity responded to something I posted without an initial response from me. It was on Saint Patrick's Day also, which made it one of the luckiest things that had ever happened to me.

[@btetschner]

There was a series called Mummies Alive! in the late 90s, it looked rad.

[@johnsensebe3153]

It's such a relief to find that the curse isn't true! I've been scared for Steve Martin since the '70s!

[@Luke..luke..luke..]

Love this topic!

[@bazzer124]

Dammit Simon, curses ARE real! Just ask the Easter Bunny. I was lucky enough to see the Tut exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago way back in '77. Fantastic. Cheers....

[@prod.californiajay]

I need to ask you… did his crown have just a snake or both the vulture and snake? I heard about his Mandela effect thingy today

[@bazzer124]

@@prod.californiajay I remember both. You could google. Cheers....

[@IanAlcorn]

@@prod.californiajay It had both. I have a picture of it from the exhibit that came through Idaho Falls in 2012.

[@prod.californiajay]

@@IanAlcorn Thank you. Recently people have been saying the vulture was added to the crown recently and King Tut is another “victim of the Mandela Effect”. I just wanted to know if someone who has seen it a long time ago can confirm the two animals being present on the crown to disprove the new theory.

[@SCRB1GR3D98]

2:28 "what was it like in the past grandma" * Grandma "It was racist"

[@Jasons_Harley]

I just got 16 ads in 18 minutes my god if it weren't for Simon and Markiplier I'd outright uninstall KZbin even if I had to jailbreak my phone to do it. I'm fed up with everything aggressively advertising stuff to me, and especially fed up with video games doing it. P.S. 8 of these 16 ads were unskippable, and had absolutely nothing to do with my watch history or preferred videos so the algorithm is absolutely a Myth that needs decoding. That aside only one of these 16 were Simons, and those that were able to be skipped were three minute ads. KZbin used to be good it sucks now.

[@JanetSnakehole28]

There's a thing known as psychogenic death, where you essentially think yourself to death, so that might be a factor here. Kind of like 'dying from a broken heart' where a surviving spouse of an elderly couple just gives up & they die soon after. Roanoke did a video on his channel recently, covering 'the silent twins' & how they agreed that one of them had to go in order for the other to live a normal life. The one who died was said to have willed it into happening. There's been some research into it & some of it seems plausible.

[@HellFaust84]

I'm subscribed to his channel and didn't see that. Link Please?