The Pharaoh's Curse was revealed by the Tutankhamun exhibition, which broke attendance records at Melbourne Museum.

In t?? ????t ?? M?l????n?, A?st??li?, ? c??tiv?tin? ?x?i?iti?n t??k t?? cit? ?? st??m, ???win? c??w?s ???m ??? ?n? wi??. T?? M?l????n? M?s??m, kn?wn ??? its ?iv??s? ?n? ?n?ic?in? ?is?l??s, ??? ??t??n? its?l? wit? its l?t?st s??wc?s?: “T?t?nk??m?n: T?? P??????’s C??s? R?v??l??.”

F??m t?? m?m?nt t?? ?x?i?iti?n w?s ?nn??nc??, ?ntici??ti?n sw??t t?????? t?? cit? lik? wil??i??. Hist??? ?nt??si?sts, ??t ??ici?n???s, ?n? c??i??s min?s ?lik? ?????l? ?w?it?? t?? c??nc? t? ??lv? int? t?? m?st??i?s ?? ?nci?nt E???t. As t?? ???nin? ??? ??????c???, w?is???s ?? t?? ???????’s c??s? ?nl? ????? t? t?? ?ll???, ??i??t?nin? t?? int?i??? s?????n?in? t?? ?v?nt.

T?? ??? ?in?ll? ???iv??, ?n? t?? ????s ?? t?? M?l????n? M?s??m sw?n? ???n t? w?lc?m? ????? visit??s. St???in? int? t?? ?iml? lit c??m???s ????n?? wit? ??l??n ??ti??cts ?n? int?ic?t? ?i????l???ics, ???sts w??? t??ns???t?? ??ck in tim? t? t?? ??? ?? t?? ??? kin?, T?t?nk??m?n.

T?? ?x?i?iti?n c???t?? ? m?sm??izin? j???n?? t?????? t?? li?? ?n? ???t? ?? T?t?nk??m?n, ?????in? ? ?lim?s? int? t?? ???l?nc? ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n civiliz?ti?n. S??ct?c?l?? t???s???s ????n?? t?? ??lls, ??c? ?i?c? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? w??lt? ?n? ??w?? ?? t?? ???????s.

B?t ?mi?st t?? s?l?n??? l?? ? ???????in? ???s?nc?—t?? l???n? ?? t?? ???????’s c??s?. T?l?s ?? mis???t?n? ?n? t?????? t??t ????ll t??s? w?? ????? ?ist??? T?t?nk??m?n’s t?m? ?c???? t?????? t?? c???i???s, s?n?in? s?iv??s ??wn t?? s?in?s ?? ?v?n t?? m?st sk??tic?l visit??s.

Y?t, ??s?it? t?? w??nin?s, t?? ?ll??? ?? ?ist??? ???v?? i???sisti?l?. T?? ?x?i?iti?n ???w ??c???-????kin? c??w?s, wit? visit??s ?l?ckin? t? witn?ss t?? w?n???s ?? ?nti??it? ?i?st??n?. F??m int?ic?t? j?w?l?? t? ?il??? c???i?ts, ??c? ??ti??ct ??l? ? st??? w?itin? t? ?? ?isc?v????, c??tiv?tin? t?? im??in?ti?ns ?? ?ll w?? ????l? t??m.

As w??ks t??n?? int? m?nt?s, t?? T?t?nk??m?n ?x?i?iti?n c?ntin??? t? c??tiv?t? ???i?nc?s, ????kin? ?tt?n??nc? ??c???s ?n? ???n??in? wi??s????? ?ccl?im. Visit??s m??v?l?? ?t t?? c???tsm?ns?i? ?? ?nci?nt ??tis?ns ?n? ??n????? t?? m?st??i?s t??t still s??????? t?? li?? ?n? ???t? ?? t?? ???n? ???????.

B?t ?s t?? ?x?i?iti?n ???w t? ? cl?s?, ??m??s ????n t? swi?l ?nc? m???. W?is???s ?? st??n?? ?cc????nc?s ?n? ?n?x?l?in?? ???n?m?n? wit?in t?? m?s??m’s w?lls ??i?nit?? t?lk ?? t?? ???????’s c??s?, l??vin? s?m? t? w?n??? i? t?? ?nci?nt s?i?its ??? ???n sti???? ???m t??i? sl?m???.

Y?t, ??s?it? t?? ??m??s, ?n? t?in? ??m?in?? c??t?in—t?? T?t?nk??m?n ?x?i?iti?n ??? l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n M?l????n?, s???kin? ? ??n?w?? ??scin?ti?n wit? t?? m?st??i?s ?? ?nci?nt E???t ?n? c?m?ntin? t?? M?l????n? M?s??m’s ????t?ti?n ?s ? ???mi?? ??stin?ti?n ??? ?ist??? l?v??s ????n? t?? w??l?.