Curses!!

I'm enjoying my course so much, I've decided to share an interesting tidbit with you. Too bad if you don't like it!

Above is a picture of the 'Riqqeh Pectoral', a piece of jewellery housed in the Manchester Museum. When the tomb was opened it was apparent that the tomb had seen an attempted robbery in antiquity. This was obvious as one of the robbers was still there!

While reaching across the mummy to grab the pectoral, part of the roof collapsed and killed him. So there he remained lying across the mummy's body with his hand still stretched out to grab his prize.

A few hundred years later, someone tried to break into the Manchester Museum to steal the pectoral. But he was foiled as well. The case containing the item was smashed and the would-be burgler had cut himself on it. There was blood everywhere but the pectoral was still in place. The thief was never caught.

What is also interesting about this piece is that the birds you can see on either side of the central cartouche are hooded crows. Crows were a symbol of evil in ancient Egypt......

Spooky huh?