(Image shows the cover of the book which is a picture of Roald Amundsen. Photo credit: Aurum Press) In the early twentieth century, many of the great geographical mysteries that had intrigued adventurers for centuries remained unsolved; leaving unexplored blank areas on otherwise increasingly detailed global maps. Whereas Tibet, African and the Amazon had […]
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Tutankhamen’s curse
(Photo credit: Profile Books) (Image shows the cover of the book which displays an Egyptian mummy face in gold, with the title of the book ‘Tutankhamen’s curse: the developing history of an Egyptian king” and the name of the author: Joyce Tyldesley) On 4 November 1922, after years of archaeological detective work, labourers employed by […]