"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus—known as the “Pharaoh’s Curse” due to its role in the deaths of ...

From curses to cures — an ancient hex might just be modern science’s secret to battling leukemia. In the 1920s, archaeologists blamed a string of bizarre deaths following the excavation of King ...

Nearly a century ago, rumors of a deadly curse swirled around the team that unearthed King Tutankhamun’s resting place. One by one, archaeologists who entered the tomb fell ill or died under ...

The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in 1922.

The Pharaoh's Curse that allegedly killed more than 20 people after opening King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 may have a biological basis. Scientist, Ross Fellowes, proposed a new theory that the cause ...

The "Pharaoh's Curse" fungus has been transformed into an anti-cancer drug. Scientists isolated a new class of molecules from Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop fungus linked to infamous deaths ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fungi hold a prominent place in the history of medicine. Discovered in 1928, the world’s first antibiotic ...

The toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus—known as the “Pharaoh’s Curse” due to its role in the deaths of archaeologists who opened the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the 1920s—could have cancer-fighting abilities.