Mummy

[kevin johnson]

Has anyone found the mummy yet

 

[Michael H. Standart]

<groan> Not again.

Kevin, nobody has found "The Mummy" because there was no mummy on the Titanic to begin with. Go to This Entry on the snopes.com urban legends reference pages for the provenance of this tall tale and the reality.

 

[181218]

Was there a mummy on the Titanic ? I read about it on the Metro... I also read in the same article that Yoko has sorted out her burial arrangements & is to be mummified and put into a real egyptian mummy case when the time comes. Anyway is all this true? I have never heard about the mummy on the Titanic ? Article said whoever moved the mummy would die. I will try and post a scan.

 

[Inger Sheil]

Hallo Miles -

No - there was no Egyptian mummy on the Titanic. This is one of the more notorious myths connected with the sinking.

Here are links where it has been discussed:

Is this true

I read that when Titanic was under construction a worker fell and got trapped in the hull, and that he was never found. Is this true? Also is the Egyptian Mummy thing true?

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5663/685.html

A search on the word 'mummy' will reveal many, many more. The site snopes.com even has a section debunking the story.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

The Snopes.com Urban Legends site lists Ten Specific Legends about the Titanic. The Dreaded Mummy is the forth one down on the list.

 

[Bob Godfrey]

You mean the mummy's autograph I bought on Ebay may not be worth the papyrus it was written on?

 

[Phillip Gowan]

I thought Eva Hart's father told her to be a good girl and hold mummy's hand?

 

[Fiona Nitschke]

What an excellent note on which to close this duplicate thread.

 

[vickie williams]

Hiya, i was recently reading an article about an Egyptian mummy that was making its way to America aboard the Titanic, it talked about a curse,i looked into it further and found that there was in fact an ancient Egyptian coffin lid aboard, i was just curious whether anyone had any further information on the subject and if in fact this was actually true and not just a myth?

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Sorry, but there was no mummy, no curse, and if there was a coffin lid of any kind aboard, it never made it on the manifest. (I've seen it.) You might want to check out This Hotlink for the facts on this tale. The coffin lid that you mentioned was in the British Museum and is still there.

 

[Bob Godfrey]

Real or not, Michael, that pesky mummy will keep coming back to haunt you!

 

[vickie williams]

Thanks for clearing that up, i'm new to this hopefully i will learn how to separate the facts from the myths!

 

[Fiona Nitschke]

No worries, Vickie - a lot of newcomers to the board ask about the mummy. It's one of the more enduring Titanic myths.

Here's a couple of other threads where the mummy has been discussed:
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5664/73609.html

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5663/685.html

And as this is a duplicate thread, it's being 'retired' (although not stowed in a sarcophagus).

 

[Sophia Gayle]

I know this is an old thread, but I recently came across a site that suggests that there may be a grain of truth in the mummy story. Looks like a reputable Discovery Channel site. Any opinions?

 

[Jason D. Tiller]

Hi Sophia,

There is absolutely no truth to this whatsoever, even if it is from the Discovery Channel.

Best regards,

Jason