The story of the “Pharaoh’s Curse” haunted archaeologists for hundreds of years. It started with the excavation of King ...

Scientists turn ancient tomb fungus Aspergillus flavus into a source of powerful cancer-fighting compounds called asperigimycins.

It gained notoriety after being connected to unexplained deaths that followed the opening of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the 1920s. Later investigations into these mysterious deaths suggested that ...