Old legend dies hard

Despite the legendary curse of the mummy, archaeologists and aristocrats who entered King Tutankhamen’s tomb over 7 decades ago lived about as long as their peers, according to an unusual historical study.

Mark R. Nelson of Monash University in Prahran, Australia, pored over the diaries of early-20th-century archaeologist Howard Carter and obituary records to learn what became of Westerners who entered the tomb between 1923 and 1926.