Rumors of a curse have persisted since Howard Carter and others found Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.
But because he'd been present at the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb a few months prior, rumors of a curse started to swirl.
But dozens of Egyptian laborers contributed physical and skilled labor to excavate Tutankhamun's tomb.
As the decades passed, some scientists wondered if there was something deadly lurking in Tutankhamun's tomb: fungi.
Egyptian carpenters prepare to reseal Tutankhamun's tomb with Howard Carter circa 1923.
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