Cause behind King Tutankhamun's 'curse' can 'help fight cancer'

Cause behind King Tutankhamun's 'curse' can 'help fight cancer'

The cause behind the "curse" of Tutankhamun's tomb can help fight cancer, scientists have discovered.

Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun

Summary: {{Template}} The [[tomb of Tutankhamun]] was discovered in the [[Valley of the Kings]] in 1922 by excavators led by the [[Egyptologist]] [[Howard Carter]], more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun's death and burial. Whereas the tombs of most [[pharaohs]] were plundered by [[graverobbers]] in ancient times, Tutankhamun's tomb was hidden by debris for most of its existence and therefore not extensively robbed. It thus became the only kno…

King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh

The golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun. Source: iStock.   When Howard Carter cracked open a forgotten tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922, the world met a golden face that would become immortal. But behind the glittering mask of Tutankhamun was a sickly teenage boy, born into chaos and nearly forgotten forever. The life of King Tut was brief, mysterious, and marked by tragedy. His afterlife turned him into the most famous Pharaoh t…