Refuting the Curse
The most important discovery was that bacteria on the wall tomb might of the have been the cause of the curse. Anyone who entered the tomb breathed i microscopic spores floating in the air. Could exposure to toxic pathogens in the tomb have killed Carnarvon and the others? Despite these mysterious deaths, there is no explanation why Howard Carter lived for another 16 years, dying of cancer in 1939. He was 64 years old. Today, you can visit ing Tutankhamen in a Cairo Museum and judge for yoursel