When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs real, or can it be explained in another way? Science has tried to explain ...

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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 ...

A top archaeologist recently explained that the curse of the pharaohs — which had supposedly caused the demise of those who dared to disturb the ancient tombs — was actually a simple case of built-up ...

What is the Curse of Ra? The Curse of Ra derives from the concept of a pharaoh’s curse. The concept was first acknowledged around the time of the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. After ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter, guided by the flickering light of oil lamps, ventured into the depths of a long-hidden subterranean burial site ...

Well, here we go into the production of another movie. Now what on earth is a movie like "Curse of the Mummycat" going to be about? Hmmm, first off some of you out there may remember a column I wrote ...

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 ...

Las Vegas; the swinging Sixties. The downtown strip is lit by a million twinkling bulbs, Dean Martin is holding court at the Sands, and a kooky archaeologist named David Barrie has dredged up a pair ...