When the tomb of King Tutankhamen was unearthed in the Egyptian desert, a series of stories and rumors started to circulate. These became known as King Tut's Curse. the stories focused on several mysterious and unexplained deaths involving people associated with the ancient mummy. When Howard Carter men found the stone step in 1921, they began furiously digging downwards. Excavating the area. they reached a hidden door and found a series of antechambers, they discovered King Tut's mummified body in 1922.