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N ovember 4th 2022 will mark 100 years to the day since archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb. The find captured the world’s imagination, as did lurid stories of the ‘Mummy’s Curse’ following the death of Lord Carnarvon, the expedition’s financial backer. The unusual circumstances surrounding his demise just a few months after the tomb’s discovery, and the unfortunate deaths of other members of the expedition (or those related to them) led to a revival of ‘Egyptomania’, with the general public obsessed with stories of long-lost tombs and ancient mummies.