Unexplained Phenomena

The ‘Cursed Amethyst’, also known as the Delhi Purple Sapphire was incorrectly identified as a sapphire in the nineteenth century. This legendary gemstone remained hidden for three centuries beneath London’s Natural History Museum, before curator Peter Tandy removed the gem from its box to discover a curious note hidden beneath it telling a tragic, and at times bizarre, tale that has led to this stone being described as “trebly cursed”. The Amethyst Curse After the 1857 Indian Rebellion was quelled, the British Army sought to teach any future rebels a lesson and they systematically sacked and looted hundreds of shrines, temples, and palaces. British soldiers raided sacred chambers and stole many tons of ancient Indian treasures. One of these ransacked