Exploring Technology in a Wizard World

Chapter 354 - 354 353 Graveyard Exploration Abandoning Once

?Chapter 354: Chapter 353: Graveyard Exploration, Abandoning Once More! Chapter 354: Chapter 353: Graveyard Exploration, Abandoning Once More! The design of this virus isn’t particularly innovative; in fact, on modern-day Earth, applications more extensive than those of the medieval period were already in use, with the most famous being Tutankhamun’s Tomb.

Tutankhamun’s Tomb, predating the anno Domini era, belonged to Pharaoh Tutankhamun of the Ancient Egypt 18th Dynasty and is hailed as one of the world’s top ten ancient tombs and rare treasures. Its discovery once shocked the entire world.

During the excavation of Tutankhamun’s Tomb, many precious relics were removed, such as the golden mask, burial artifacts, and the mummy itself, which caused great excitement among the world of cultural relics. However, it was fearsome that those involved in the excavation began to die one after another following the removal of these items; some visiting archaeologists also succumbed to illnesses in succession, even collectors who had brief contact with the artifacts could not escape a ghastly fate.

The multitude of deaths led to rampant rumors of the “Pharaoh’s Curse,” with some proclaiming loudly that death would spread its wings and choke the life out of anyone daring to disturb the Pharaoh’s peace unless the Pharaoh’s treasures were returned, no one would escape death!

Many were frightened to the extreme, with some actually starting to prepare to return the artifacts to the tomb. However, subsequent scientific hypotheses provided more rational conjectures.

One hypothesis was that the deaths were not related to the curse but to pathogens: the tomb originally contained large quantities of fruits and vegetables intended as sacrifices, which inevitably rotted after the tomb was sealed. Combined with the tomb’s dark and damp conditions, this environment was highly conducive to the breeding of various pathogens, ultimately leaving both the depths of the tomb and the surfaces of the artifacts covered with these deadly microbes.

The formal excavation of the tomb began around the time of World War I when technological levels were not yet advanced, and the diggers generally lacked protective measures, at most hanging a piece of orange peel under their noses to mask the tomb’s odors.

You didn't buy this chapter, Buy it and read full at novelbin.com