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"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...
When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs ...
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When ...
A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...
King Tut's mummified corpse has been a source of intrigue since his tomb's discovery in 1922. Those who desecrated his tomb, however, were said to be followed by "disease, pestilence and death ...
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...
King Tutankhamun's legacy continues to fascinate, nearly a century after his tomb's discovery. Recent research unveils that ...
A mushroom once thought to be an ancient Egyptian curse has been found to be a potential cure for some forms of cancer.
The tomb is believed to have belonged to King Thutmose II, who ruled Egypt in the early 15th century BC. It is the first ...
He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...
Researchers have discovered that Aspergillus flavus, a toxic fungus previously associated with the "curse of the pharaohs," ...
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound after ...