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Along with all of the other summery delights, Animal Crossing New Horizons<\/strong> players can now also get their hands on one of the most famous masks in history: the death mask of the storied Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, King Tutankhamun. <\/p>\n Called the “King Tut Mask<\/strong>” in-game, this headwear has the unique ability of making your villager trip and fall to the ground when you run around. <\/p>\n Many players have speculated as to why this might be. Is the King Tut Mask just too heavy? Could it be a joking nod to Tutankhamun’s apparent death from the complications of a broken leg? <\/p>\n Or more likely it’s a reference to the Curse of the Pharaohs, where bad luck was said to befall archaeologists that desecrated Egypt’s historic sites. <\/p>\n Luck as a mechanic played a much larger role in previous Animal Crossing games, where Feng Shui<\/a> and fortune telling had a demonstrable effect on gameplay – as discussed in the embedded video from AbdallahSmash026<\/a> below: <\/p>\n