Medical Humanities Minute: The Mummy's Curse!

The Medical Humanities Podcast - Medicine in History, Culture and the Arts

Jul 7 2023 • 8 mins

Ever since Lord Carnarvon died shortly after entering King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1923, rumours of a deadly curse have abounded. But what's the real story?

*Opening scene taken from the movie The Mummy (1932), now in the public domain.


Transcript available on the episode page: