June 14, 2005 — -- For five years, British archaeologist Howard Carter combed the sands of the Valley of the Kings to no avail, and his financial backer, Lord Carnavon, was tired of getting no ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

Researchers believe that a fungus thought to be found in ancient tombs may provide a valuable new tool in the fight against cancer. “Fungi gave us penicillin,” Sherry Gao, associate professor in ...

In the 1920s, a number of workers on the excavation team that uncovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb met untimely deaths. Five decades later, 10 out of 12 scientists died after entering the tomb of the ...

Unravel the historical facts and folklore surrounding the alleged mummy's curse linked to the Titanic disaster. Deputy AG Todd Blanche could face sanctions Flags ordered to fly at half-staff in 4 ...

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