"But life took a few unexpected, frequently tragic and often bizarre twists for the Woolworth family over the next few decades following the completion of the Woolworth Building."
The many mysterious events that befell the Woolworths after constructing the Woolworth Building - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
1.Fire at Winfield Hall:
This area is said to be haunted.
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Barbara Hutton standing on a ship and looking to her left. She is holding a pair of white gloves in her hands.The "Pasha of Egypt" likely refers to the Horse Ring of King Ramses II, a golden ring with depictions of horses, given to King Charles X of France in 1827 by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the wali (governor) of Egypt, and now part of the Louvre Museum's Egyptian antiquities collection.
Yes, the "Pasha of Egypt" diamond, originally an octagonal stone, was indeed owned by Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, who later had it recut into a round brilliant.
The Horse Ring of Ramses II:
This ring, also known as the "Ring with Horses," is an artifact from ancient Egypt, dating back to between 1279 and 1213 BC.
The Horse Ring of Ramses II, also known as the Ring with Horses, is dated approximately between 1279 and 1213 BC. It belongs to ancient Egyptian art. Muhammad Ali Pasha:
He was the wali (governor) of Egypt who gifted the ring to King Charles X of France in 1827.
King Charles X of France:
He received the ring from Muhammad Ali Pasha, and it became part of the Louvre Museum in Paris's Egyptian antiquities collection.
Louvre Museum:
The ring is now part of the Louvre Museum's Egyptian antiquities collection.
- Origin and Initial Form: The Pasha of Egypt diamond, believed to be of Indian origin, was initially a 40-carat octagonal stone.
- Purchase by Ibrahim Pasha: In 1848, Ibrahim, Pasha of Egypt, purchased the diamond.
- Ownership by Barbara Hutton: Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress, later owned the diamond.
- Recut by Barbara Hutton: Hutton disliked the octagonal shape and had the diamond recut to a 36-carat round stone.
- Current Location: The current whereabouts of the diamond are unknown, with some rumors suggesting it might be in a private collection in Italy.
- Other Notable Diamonds: Other famous diamonds include the Koh-i-Noor (Mountain of Light) and the Sherman Diamond.
- Barbara Hutton and Her Jewels: Barbara Hutton was known for her extensive jewelry collection, which included the Pasha of Egypt diamond and the Romanov emeralds.
- Romanov Emeralds: Hutton acquired the Romanov emeralds from the Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, and commissioned Cartier to create jewelry from them.
- Tiara and Emeralds: Hutton transformed the emeralds into a tiara with a yellow gold frame and later sold the tiara to Van Cleef & Arpels, who sold the emeralds separately.
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Barbara Hutton is said to have owned an extensive jewelry collection. Did she perhaps own a cursed object from egypt?
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2.Death at the Plaza: Woolworth’s daughter Edna was a tragic and very tormented woman, marrying an associate of her father’s who ended up drinking heavily and cheating on her. In 1917, at the Plaza Hotel, after reading a letter confirming yet another mistress, Edna put on her loveliest lace dress, sat by a window and ingested a lethal dose of poison. Â Unfortunately, her body is discovered several hours later by her daughter Barbara.
Edna Woolworth
3.Why You Should Go to the Dentist: Frank Woolworth had an absolute hatred of going to the dentist, a prejudice that led to his death in April 1919, when he died suddenly due to a tooth infection.
4. Gem Theft at the Plaza: In 1926, the youngest Woolworth daughter Jennie, living the good life at the Plaza, had over $683,000 worth of jewels stolen from her room while she was in the bathtub. Five years later, Jennie’s husband would then poison himself (another suicide) and die in his office at the Woolworths’ Fifth Avenue residence.Possible that the ring was also stolen
5. Poor Little Rich Girl: Barbara Hutton (above), who had discovered her mother dead in the Plaza, grew up to become something of an infamous party girl, thanks to an over-the-top debutante ball held in her honor during the Great Depression. She was dubbed the ‘poor little rich girl’, fodder for gossip columns and, later, made-for-TV movies. The heiress, never shying from an extravagant lifestyle, married seven times — most notably to Cary Grant in 1942 — in a life often marred by tragedy and physical abuse. Most of the people mentioned above are buried in the ornate Woolworth Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The mausoleum is a tribute to vast wealth and self-importance, designed like an Egyptian temple by John Russell Pope, best known for designing the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.!
*The remnants of the Woolworth company are now organized as Foot Locker Inc.
Barbara Hutton, known as "The Richest Girl in the World," and Aldous Huxley, the author of "Brave New World," had a brief, albeit notable, relationship in the 1920s, though it's important to note that they were not married and their relationship was not a long-term affair.
The Legendary Curse of King Tutankhamun's Tomb - Historic Mysteries
Huxely Practiced Neo-Vedanta, also known as Neo-Hinduism, is a term used to describe modern interpretations of Hinduism, particularly Advaita Vedanta, that emerged in the 19th century, often seen as a departure from traditional interpretations.
Discovered in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter and his benefactor Lord Carnarvon, the tomb's four chambers were crammed with such spectacular objects as gold-covered chariots; elaborately carved alabaster vessels; inlaid furniture; a vast array of Tutankhamun's personal belongings, including jewelry; a series of shrines and coffins that protected the king; and the famous solid-gold mask that adorned his mummy—the last, among the most iconic examples of ancient Egyptian art ever to have come to light.
Huxely
July 1894 – 22 November 1963Huxley's own death after a lengthy struggle with cancer contained an irony of its own. He died on November 22, 1963, just hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and on the same day that fellow writer C. S. Lewis passed away.
The Woolworth Building, designed by Cass Gilbert and commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth, was completed in 1913.
Tut
- Birth: Around 1341 BC
- Reign: He became pharaoh around 1332 BC, at the age of 9, and ruled for about 10 years.
- Death: Around 1323 BC, at the age of 18 or 19.
Does the curse continue due to the possibility of the use of quartzite used in tuts tomb along with construction of the woolworth building.
Tuts sarcophagus is composed of
The sarcophagus is made of quartzite but with a red granite lid, painted yellow to match the quartzite. It is carved with the images of four protective goddesses (Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Serqet), and contained a golden lion-headed bier on which rested three nested coffins in human shape.
Ancient Egyptian quartzite quarries, particularly in the Aswan region, were crucial for obtaining materials for construction and art, with the Aswan West Bank being a significant site for both ornamental and grinding stone production.
Aswan dam built by arabic contractors
Why is Aswan important to Egypt?
The city stood on the east bank of the Nile, north of the first cataract, providing a natural border and a vital point of orientation for the Egyptians. Aswan's role as both a commercial and spiritual gateway made it an essential part of Egypt's ancient civilization.
Ancient Egyptian builders quarried quartzite, a hard sedimentary rock, from locations like Gebel el-Ahmar near Cairo and the Aswan quarries complex, using it for sarcophagi, sculptures, and other constructions.
The back and shoulders of King Tutankhamun's funerary mask feature hieroglyphic inscriptions, specifically a protective spell from Chapter 151b of the Book of the Dead, intended to guide and protect the king in his journey to the afterlife.
The Egyption Coffin Texts 1 texts of Spells
Protective Spell:
The hieroglyphs on the mask contain a spell from the Book of the Dead, Chapter 151b, which was used in the Middle Kingdom, 500 years before Tutankhamun.
Purpose of the Spell:
The spell was believed to provide protection and guidance for the king in his journey to the underworld. Location of Inscriptions:
The hieroglyphic inscriptions are found on the back and shoulders of the mask. Symbolism of the Mask:
The mask itself is a symbol of the king's power, divinity, and the mastery of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship. Historical Significance:
The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and the mask in 1922 provided valuable insights into the burial practices, religious beliefs, and artistic achievements of ancient Egypt. Examples of Hieroglyphs:
The spell inscribed on the mask includes phrases like "Thy right eye is the night bark (of the sun-god), thy left eye is the day-bark, thy eyebrows are (those of) the Ennead of the Gods, thy forehead is (that of) Anubis, the nape of thy neck is (that of) Horus, thy locks of hair are (those of) Ptah-Sokar. (Thou art) in front of the Osiris (Tutankhamun)".
The spell first appeared on masks in the Middle Kingdom, 500 years before Tutankhamun, and was used in Chapter 151 of the Book of the Dead.
In many ancient cultures, certain places were believed to be "cursed ground," often associated with negative events like death, violence, or the presence of malevolent spirits, and were avoided or treated with caution. These places included burial grounds, sites of battles, and locations marked by natural disasters or unusual occurrences.
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"But what of Howard Carter? The guy without whom King Tut might still
be twice buried? He lived for almost two decades after opening the tomb,
dying at age sixty-four of Hodgkin’s disease in London. His grave bears an
inscription taken from the Wishing Cup of King Tut, a chalice found in the
tomb: “May your spirit live, may you spend millions of years, you who love
Thebes, sitting with your face to the north wind, your eyes beholding
happiness.”
After Carnarvon, there was railroad magnate George Jay Gould, who
visited the freshly opened tomb and died of pneumonia shortly thereafter.
Egyptian aristocrat Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, another early tomb visitor, was
shot by his wife that same year. Still in 1923, Carnarvon’s half-brother
Aubrey Herbert died from what some say was blood poisoning. In 1924,
Archibald Douglas Reid, a radiologist who x-rayed King Tut’s sarcophagus,
died from a mysterious illness, and Sir Lee Stack, Governor-General of
Sudan and one of the first people to visit the tomb, was assassinated in
"Cairo. In 1926, French Egyptologist Georges Bénédite perished after taking
a fall outside the tomb. Arthur Mace, a member of Carter’s team, suffered
ill health after twenty years in the field and had to retire from Egypt. He
died in 1928, some say from arsenic poisoning.
Jumping to 1929, another of Carnarvon’s half-brothers, Mervyn Herbert,
succumbed to pneumonia. That same year Captain Richard Bethell, who
worked for both Carnarvon and Carter in various roles, died in bed under
suspicious circumstances. Months later, his father threw himself out the
window of his seventh-floor apartment. His suicide note stated, “I can’t
stand any more horrors.”
All these people were somehow connected to the discovery of King Tut,
and they all died within seven years. But the carnage didn’t stop there. The
list of people claimed to be cursed by King Tut grew exponentially over the
decades. Anybody who visited the tomb, wrote about it, transferred artifacts
from it, or was related to someone who did those things was rewarded with
the word curse in their obituary."
Ocker J. Cursed Objects
Lord Cararvon would never find out. During the break, while in Aswan in southern Egypt, he was bit by a mosquito, and then he nicked the bite while shaving. He contracted blood poisoning and died shortly thereafter. His death gave the curse story life. It took off partly because there was already a template in place thanks to previously discovered cured Egyptian funeral objects (namely, the Unlucky Mummy -see this page), but also because Carnavon had sold exclusive press rights to the dig to the Times of London, leaving all other media outside the ropes with the tourist. But with Carnarvon dead, they didnt need access anymore. They had a while new angle on the King Tut story :the curse of the pharaohs."
French Egyptologist Georges Bénédite perished after taking
a fall outside the tomb. Arthur Mace, a member of Carter’s team, suffered
ill health after twenty years in the field and had to retire from Egypt. He
died in 1928, some say from arsenic poisoning
The "curse of the pharaohs," also known as the "mummy's curse," is a legend that claims disturbing the mummies and tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs, especially King Tutankhamun, brings bad luck, illness, or death.
French Egyptologist Georges Bénédite perished after taking
a fall outside the tomb. Arthur Mace, a member of Carter’s team, suffered
ill health after twenty years in the field and had to retire from Egypt. He
died in 1928, some say from arsenic poisoning
""Jumping to 1929, another of Carnarvon’s half-brothers, Mervyn Herbert,
succumbed to pneumonia. That same year Captain Richard Bethell, who
worked for both Carnarvon and Carter in various roles, died in bed under
suspicious circumstances. Months later, his father threw himself out the
window of his seventh-floor apartment. His suicide note stated, “I can’t
stand any more horrors.”
All these people were somehow connected to the discovery of King Tut,
and they all died within seven years. But the carnage didn’t stop there.""
Georges Aaron Bénédite
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The history of royal tombs is intertwined with tales of secret poisons, with arsenic, known as the "king of poisons," being a frequent choice, and the fear of poisoning influencing royal court protocols and beliefs in magical protections like unicorn horns.
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