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CURSE BY OLD PHARAOH SETI I

Scanned from San Antonio Light, Nov 17, 1935
CURSE BY OLD PHARAOH SETI I
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O 1 it v O 3 N Atk AN RN N AR SN et N A SN RN N AN LT R S SN AN N A N R W N AN N R S Nt N N N D Spells and Charms Relied. Upon to Guard Jewels and Graves Inspire Love or End. It and Even One by. Old Pharaoh Seti I to Keep.

Any of His Successors From. Over Crude Clay Doll. With Photograph of the. One to Be Cursed Pasted on.

It Pins Driven Into the Doll Are Supposed to Produce Pain in Correspond ing Parts of the Body of the Photographs Original CURSE was one of primitive A mans earliest inventions to protect his possessions or gain revenge. But the first recorded his torical curse to aid success in political policies was the clever idea of the Pharaoh Seti. I one of the greatest rulers of ancient Egypt who lived about 3500 years ago. This fact was pointed out the other day by Professor George S Duncan distinguished Egyptologist of the American University Washington D C Professor Duncan has found an in scription on a temple wall pronounc ing a curse on all subsequent Pharaohs and.

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