The picture shows the priestess of the Amon-Ra temple performed by an unknown artist.
She lived in Egypt around 1600 BC and was a priestess of the temple of Amun-Ra. On the outside of the coffin, in which her body was placed, was painted her portrait, decorated with gold. After her tomb was discovered, a certain Douglas Murray bought the find. A couple of days later, he went hunting up the Nile, during which the gun exploded in his hands
In order to save the wounded, the boat was sent to Cairo. According to eyewitnesses, an unusually strong headwind slowed the movement all the time. As a result, it was possible to get to Cairo no earlier than 10 days later, and the tissue infection turned out to be so strong that Murray's hand had to be amputated above the elbow.
Later, on the return trip to England, Murray's two companions died; the unfortunates had to be buried at sea. In addition, two Egyptian servants who participated in the loading of the tomb also passed away within a year.
According to Frank Usher, who described these events in his article "Ghosts of Ancient Egypt", when the ship arrived in Tilbury, it turned out that valuable artifacts acquired by Murray in Cairo were stolen. Only the coffin with the body of the Egyptian priestess remained in the hold. According to Murray himself, looking at the lid of the coffin, he saw that the eyes on the painted face were almost alive.
In fear of the curse, he handed the mummy into the hands of a new mistress, who also suffered numerous misfortunes. Her mother broke her leg and died a month after that. Later, the groom left this woman. Even later, all the animals allegedly died in her house, and she herself fell ill with an unknown ailment. Sensing the approach of death, she made a will, according to which the coffin was to go back to Murray, but he refused and sent it to the British Museum. Since the management of the museum, consisting of scientists, rejected superstition, the find was safely displayed for viewing in the Egyptian hall.
The subsequent chain of events unfolded in the same spirit: the photographer who took the photographs of the coffin died when he developed them, and the Egyptologist who studied the find was found dead in his own bed. In addition, some members of the maintenance staff reported screams and loud clapping sounds coming from the coffin at night, and some exhibits related to the exhibition were found knocked to the floor or scattered around the hall.
In order to get a comprehensive assessment of the situation, Helena Blavatsky was invited to the museum, who was allegedly seized by a fit of trembling, which she explained by the presence of an “evil influence of incredible power” in the room, which was the sarcophagus. When asked if she could drive out evil, Madame Blavatsky replied that this was impossible, and that it was necessary to get rid of the source itself in order to divert misfortune from people.
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The coffin was moved to the basement of the building and stayed there for some time, after which the American archaeologist William T. Stead bought it out. In April 1912 Stead attempted to transport the mummy to America. Fearing that the poor reputation of the archaeological find might prevent him from obtaining permission to place it on board the ship, he hid the coffin inside the body of a Renault car. In order to ensure the safety of the valuable cargo, he decided to choose a new White Star Line liner, which was considered unsinkable. Later, on April 14, 1912, the last of the accidents attributed to the curse happened: as a result of the crash of the Titanic, the same "unsinkable" liner, 1,500 passengers died.