Lord Carnarvon funded the search for King Tut’s tomb, and archaeologist Howard Carter entered the king’s burial chamber on February 17, 1923. On March 6th, Lord Carnarvon was bitten by a mosquito on his cheek and became ill. This event caused many people to conclude that King Tut’s tomb was cursed. Lord Carnarvon’s condition got worse and his mosquito bite became infected and he got pneumonia, and on April 5th he died. The …showed first 75 words of 225 total…

…showed last 75 words of 225 total…tomb was an inscription that read “Death shall come on swift wings to him that toucheth the tomb of the Pharaoh.” Most of the people present at the opening of the tomb met untimely deaths. Again Vornholt writes, “13 of 20 people who were present at the opening of King Tut’s burial chamber died within a few years. Most of these rumors are proven wrong but some believe that the tomb really did have a curse.