While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step. It would lead into the unlooted tomb of King Tut.

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 ...

Rumors of a curse have persisted since Howard Carter and others found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The deaths of Lord Carnarvon and others associated with the excavation perpetuated the speculation.

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 ...

Nearly a century ago, Lord Carnavon, who attended the opening of King Tut’s Tomb, died shortly afterwards, in April 1923. At the time, the sensational media linked his death to supernatural causes ...

The Mummy is an adventure and fantasy film directed by Stephen Sommers, released in 1999. Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel ...

The London Times started it all – calling the murders the work of an ancient Egyptian curse. I accused the tabloid of capitalizing on the superstitions of the populace. Yet, three men were dead, with ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...