"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus—known as the “Pharaoh’s Curse” due to its role in the deaths of ...

A top archaeologist recently explained that the curse of the pharaohs — which had supposedly caused the demise of those who dared to disturb the ancient tombs — was actually a simple case of built-up ...

From curses to cures — an ancient hex might just be modern science’s secret to battling leukemia. In the 1920s, archaeologists blamed a string of bizarre deaths following the excavation of King ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Fungi hold a prominent place in the history of medicine. Discovered in 1928, the world’s first antibiotic ...

The toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus—known as the “Pharaoh’s Curse” due to its role in the deaths of archaeologists who opened the Tomb of Tutankhamun in the 1920s—could have cancer-fighting abilities.