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Archaeologist Tito Vivas: The Real Curse of Tutankhamun Was Finding the Tomb Intact

In a recent interview with The Wild Project, archaeologist and science communicator Tito Vivas dismantles the popular myth surrounding King Tutankhamun's tomb. Vivas argues that the true curse was not supernatural but legal and economic, arising because the discovery of an intact royal burial prevented the finder from profiting directly from the artifacts.