Ancient Egyptian Curses, Part 2

In this episode of Stuff To Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe delve into the world of ancient Egyptian curses, exploring the concept of "threats to the reader" in magical texts, where the act of reading itself can trigger a curse. They discuss political curses, tomb curses, and the nuances of divine compulsion, drawing examples from ancient Egyptian and Coptic Christian texts. The hosts then debunk the myth of the "curse of the pharaohs" associated with Tutankhamen's tomb, highlighting the role of sensationalist media and fiction in perpetuating the idea, while also exploring the possibility of toxic mold as a real, though rare, threat in opened tombs, referencing the case of Casimir IV Jagiellon's tomb in Poland.