Objective: To examine survival of individuals exposed to the “mummy's curse” reputedly associated with the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen in Luxor, Egypt, between February 1923 and November 1926. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Participants: 44 Westerners identified by Howard Carter as present in Egypt at the specified dates, 25 of whom were potentially exposed to the curse. Main outcome measures: Length of survival after date of potential exposure. Results: In the 25 people expos...| The BMJ
We used a mathematical model to evaluate the hypothesis that parasites and pathogens with long living propagules should evolve high levels of virulence, i.e. high rates of pathogen-induced host mortality. Our model shows that the optimal level of virulence is independent of the longevity of the prop …| PubMed
Taking all possible security measures and even enlisting permission of the church, in 1973 a group of archaeologists opened the tomb Polish King Casimir IV Andrei Jagiellon. What followed a series unexplained deaths. Which gave impetus to numerous rumors about the so-called curse of Jagiellon. It| Nevsedoma