Ghost Map

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Country

Egypt

cases
4
years
1911–2026

Disputed: 2 Legend: 1 Explained: 1

  1. 1910–1919

    1. c. 1911–present Haunted houses and manors · Legend Baron Empain Palace in Cairo Baron Empain Palace, Heliopolis, Cairo A Belgian tycoon's Angkor Wat-inspired palace stood abandoned for decades, while Cairenes told stories of his daughter's ghost and satanic rituals at night.

  2. 1920–1929

    1. 1922 Tomb and family curses · Explained The Curse of Tutankhamun Tomb KV62 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor A few months after Tutankhamun's tomb was opened, Lord Carnarvon died – and newspapers around the world announced that the “pharaoh's curse” had struck.

  3. 1950–1959

    1. 1956–1981 Ghosts of historical figures · Disputed Omm Sety – the Englishwoman Who Went Home to Abydos Temple of Seti I, Abydos Dorothy Eady believed she had been a priestess at Abydos in a past life and that Pharaoh Seti I's spirit visited her at night. She spent her last 25 years there.

  4. 1960–1969

    1. 1968–1971 White ladies · Disputed The Shining Figure over the Church at Zeitoun St. Mary's Church in the Zeitoun district, Cairo For three years thousands of people saw a luminous woman over a Coptic church in Cairo – and scholars still argue about what the light was.