"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 ...

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 ...

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.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sample of Aspergillus flavus cultured in the Gao Lab. “Fungi gave us penicillin,” said Sherry Gao, a study co-author and UPenn ...

Scientist, Ross Fellowes, proposed a new theory that the cause of death may have been radiation poisoning. Ancient Egyptian texts contain threats of "death from a disease that no physician can ...

"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.