Who Is To Blame The Titanic

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“Even God could not sink her,” it was bragged. The Titanic was the fastest and the biggest ship in the world. It was also considered to be the most beautiful and unsinkable. Then on April 14, 1912, occurred the most remarkable ship catastrophe of the historical 100 years. The Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1500 people. The Titanic’s captain, Captain Edward J. Smith, played a bewildering role in this catastrophe. Smith was an experienced seaman. He was considered a rational choice for his post. But on that day he acted quite strangely. It began with the way he navigated the ship, then the ship's unusually high speed, followed by his odd way of asking for help, and it all ended with a rescue plan announced by him at the last minute. For such an expirenced seaman, such weird pattern of behaviour is shadowy and unexplained.
The Titanic carried on board 2,200 passengers, 40 tons of potatoes, 35,000 eggs, 12,000 bottles of mineral water and 7,000 sacks of
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One of the artifacts was an amulet with the figure of Osiris and an inscription that said: “Awake from the swoon in which you sleep and a glance of your eyes will triumph over everything that is done against you.” This inscription was placed beneath her head. Was this a hint that the mummy of the prophetess enjoyed special protection? Did she have that power of bestowing curses upon people who look into her eye?
This mummy was encased in a wooden crate. Due to its great value, it was placed in the hold of the Titanic but was placed behind the Titanic’s command bridge.
Strangely a number of scientists who handled mummies are reported to have shown clear signs of mental disbalance. Was this the result of some curse that those mummies were buried with? Did Captain Smith, also, look into the mummy’s deadly radiant eyes? Was he, also, the victim of a

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