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Believing an ancient grumpy pharaoh mysteriously doomed your entire dusty archaeological dig site

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When explorers opened sacred tombs, any subsequent misfortune was immediately attributed to a supernatural mummy hex. In reality, inhaling thousands of years of sealed tomb dust is naturally quite detrimental to the lungs.

Believing an ancient grumpy pharaoh mysteriously doomed your entire dusty archaeological dig site
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