In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter found what he'd spent the last six years searching for: King Tutankhamun's tomb.
. The microbiologists wanted to determine if fungi or other microbes were responsible for the spots and posed a health risk to visitors.While the analysis found evidence of fungal communities and bacteria, they were no longer active and posed no threat to visitors or the paintings.
It's impossible to say if aspergillus or any other fungi contributed to Lord Carnarvon's or Gould's deaths. Today, archaeologists wear gloves, masks, and sometimes a disposable clothing barrier to protect themselves from mold and fungi, according to"Perhaps the most mundane explanation of the curse comes from Frank McClanahan, a physician who treated Lord Carnarvon during his illness in Luxor. The deaths are a small number of the many who visited the tomb.
"[T]here were archaeologists coming and going all the time from all parts of the world," he said in a ."If you took any large crowd of people and checked back later, you would find a certain percentage of deaths among them."
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