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realstars:What have we got to do with them?
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Enough of this already It's high time we start manufacturing our own stuffs. We should pursue and put priorities in the right place |
If government encourage and reward such, it will breed grounds for more positive results from our youths |
godofuck231:Well said the earth resources and potentials are vast and cannot be exhausted |
The final wall of the sealed burial chamber of the 18-year-old Boy King Tutankhamun of Egypt was breached for the first time in 3,000 years on February 17, 1923. Archaeologist Howard Carter whispered breathlessly that he could see `things, wonderful things' as he gazed in awe at the treasures of Tutankhamun. As Carter, together with fanatical Egyptologist Lord Carnarvon, looked at the treasures of gold, gems, precious stones, and other priceless relics, they ignored the dire warning written all those centuries ago to ward off grave robbers. "Death will come to those who disturb the sleep of the pharaohs." But for Carter and Lord Carnarvon, who had financed the dig culminating in history's greatest archaeological find, all thoughts of curses and hocus-pocus were forgotten as they revelled in the joy of the victorious end to the dig. On April 5, 1923, just 47 days after breaching the chamber into Tutankhamun's resting place, Carnarvon died in agony - the victim, apparently, of an infected mosquito bite. At the moment of his death in the Continental Hotel, Cairo, the lights in the city went out at the same time and stayed off for some minutes. Thousands of miles away in England, at Lord Carnarvon's country house, his dog began baying and howling, an unnatural lament which shocked the domestic staff deep in the middle of the night, until the tormented creature turned over and died. Two days after Carnarvon's death, the mummified body of the pharaoh was examined and a blemish was found on his left cheek exactly in the position of the mosquito bite on Carnarvon's face. Perhaps this could have been passed off as coincidence had it not been for the bizarre chain of deaths that were to follow. Shortly after Carnarvon's demise, another archaeologist, Arthur Mace, a leading member of the expedition, went into a coma at the Hotel Continental after complaining of tiredness. He died soon afterwards, leaving the expedition medic and local doctors baffled. The deaths continued. A close friend of Carnarvon, George Gould, made the voyage to Egypt when he learned of his fate. Before leaving the port to travel to Cairo he looked in at the tomb. The following day he collapsed with a high fever; twelve hours later he was dead. Radiologist Archibald Reid, a man who used the latest X-ray techniques to determine the age and possible cause of death of Tutankhamun, was sent back to England after complaining of exhaustion. He died soon after landing. Carnarvon's personal secretary, Richard Bethell, was found dead in bed from heart failure four months after the discovery of the tomb. The casualties continued to mount. Joel Wool, a leading British industrialist of the time, visited the site and was dead a few months later from a fever which doctors could not comprehend. Six years after the discovery,12 of those present when the tomb was opened, were dead. Within a further seven years, only two of the original team of excavators were still alive. Lord Carnarvon's half-brother apparently took his own life while temporarily insane, and a further 21 people connected in some way with the dig, were also dead. While countless Egyptologists and academics have tried to debunk the legend of the curse as pure myth, others have continued to fall victim to its influence... Mohammed Ibrahim, Egypt's director of antiquities, in 1966 argued with the government against letting the treasures from the tomb leave Egypt for an exhibition in Paris. He pleaded with the authorities to allow the relics to stay in Cairo because he had suffered terrible nightmares of what would happen to him if they left the country. Ibrahim left a final meeting with the government officials, stepped out into what looked like a clear road on a bright sunny day, was hit by a car and died instantly. Perhaps even more bizarre was the case of Richard Adamson who by 1969 was the sole surviving member of the 1923 expedition. Adamson had lost his wife within 24 hours of speaking out against the curse. His son broke his back in an aircraft crash when he spoke out again. Still skeptical, Adamson, who had worked as a security guard for Lord Carnarvon, defied the curse and gave an interview on British television, in which he still said that he did not believe in the curse. Later that evening, as he left the television studios, he was thrown from his taxi when it crashed, a swerving lorry missed his head by inches, and he was put in the hospital with fractures and bruises. It was only then that the stoic Mr. Adamson was forced to admit: "Until now I refused to believe that my family's misfortunes had anything to do with the curse. But now I am not so sure." Perhaps the most amazing manifestation of the curse came in 1972 when the treasures of the tomb were transported to London for a prestigious exhibition at the British Museum. Victim number one was Dr. Gamal Mehrez, Ibrahim's successor in Cairo as the director of antiquities. He scoffed at the legend, saying that his whole life had been spent in Egyptology and that all the deaths and misfortune through the decades had been the result of `pure coincidence'. He died the night after supervising the packaging of the relics for transport to England by a Royal Air Force plane. The crew members of that aircraft suffered death, injury, misfortune, and disaster in the years that followed their cursed flight. Flight Lieutenant Rick Laurie died in 1976 from a heart attack. His wife declared: "It's the curse of Tutankhamun - the curse has killed him." Ken Parkinson, a flight engineer suffered a heart attack each year at the same time as the flight aboard the Britannia aircraft which brought the treasures to England until a final fatal one in 1978. Before their mission to Egypt, neither of the servicemen had suffered any heart trouble and had been pronounced fit by military doctors. During the flight, Chief Technical Officer Ian Lansdown kicked the crate that contained the death mask of the boy king, "I've just kicked the most expensive thing in the world," he quipped. Later, on disembarking from the aircraft on another mission, a ladder mysteriously broke beneath him and the leg he had kicked the crate with was badly broken. It was in plaster for nearly six months. Flight Lieutenant Jim Webb, who was aboard the aircraft, lost everything he owned after a fire devastated his home. A steward, Brian Rounsfall, confessed to playing cards on the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun on the flight home and suffered two heart attacks. The mystery remains. #HistoryVille Source: William W. Lace (2008). The Curse of King Tut, the Mysterious and Unknown.
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All I see are pics for memes See better correct memes ![]()
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Prof Charles the economics brain box |
Closing border and signing the trade pact Like seriously why the contradictions ![]() |
All the same one works with the private sector the other works with the public sector |
Go for ict jor |
This is very sad |
Kudos Sir but I hope is not a Greek gift |
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Supporting our own is good. Even American president drives their product and not Benz |
IPhone trying to be different but yet missed it all |
What a Sad ending |
Excellente |
How are wish you will be hungry and thirsty in this manner to serve the people |
So nice of him It's good to be good |
OP They keep telling you don't skip your drugs but you won't listen. How can you be so myopic? |
If they truly truly want to encourage cashless, they should just order banks not to dispense cash above that 500k and they shouldnt put that 7% VAT on online purchases infact they should cancel 1k and 5h note and leave 2h, as the highest denomination. |
If they truly truly want to encourage cashless, they should just order banks not to dispense cash above that 500k and they shouldnt put that 7% VAT on online purchases infact they should cancel 1k and 5h note and leave 2h, as the highest denomination. |
Fix your greed and selfishness first |
The good thing is that he mentioned a name and I am sure he will regonised and investigate well |
Even though I don't like this Bob of a guy cos he's very risky. This is misplaced Prioritiy channel the fight and every to bad government |
If the strength and senses that the Senates are using to pursue their must have SUV are used to tackle the problems of Nigeria, mmm, Nigeria will become heaven on earth. |
harveybeaks:I'm ready two heads are better and ginger is there Sent you a pm.. |
Do prayers and fasting ![]() On a serious note you just have to be smart trust no one keep your friends close and your enemies closer |
Where is Bishop TD Jakes |
It is finished |
Your house is not even in order |
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