Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently ...

Study published in Nature Chemical Biology marks an important step towards discovering new fungal cancer treatments.

A deadly fungus behind the so-called curse of Tutankhamun ’s tomb can be harnessed to fight cancer, scientists have ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...

In a remarkable twist of science, scientists have transformed a fungus – once feared for its deadly spores – into a potent ...

After archaeologists opened Tutankhamun’s tomb a series of untimely deaths among the excavation team – including those of Lord Carnarvon, the British patron of the excavation, George Jay Gould ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the ...

However, contrary to what one might assume—that fame and success brought Carter immense happiness—his life was far from easy after the discovery. Indeed, it was rife with problems and difficulties, ...

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, meanwhile, is not closing. Though it has lost Tutankhamun’s treasures and more than 20 mummies, it still has roughly 170,000 artifacts in its collection, per the AFP.

In the 1920s, after a team of archaeologists opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb near Luxor, Egypt, a series of untimely deaths occurred among the excavation team, fuelling rumours of a "pharaoh's ...

The state-of-the-art SIR-4000 scanner moved along an intricate series of tracks perched atop tripods, the rapid adjustment of which Berkenpas and Turchik performed with amazing dexterity.

There is a long-standing belief rooted in ancient Egyptian lore – the infamous “Curse of the Pharaohs." The legend warns of doom befalling anyone who dares to enter a tomb or disturb the mummy of a ...