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A 2002 Study of 25 People at Tutankhamun's Tomb Openings Found No Evidence of a Curse | Ancient Origins
Nature's 1923 obituary gives Carnarvon's cause of death as pneumonia after erysipelas and blood poisoning from an insect bite. Cox (Lancet 2003) notes Carter's diary records no illness until March 1923 and that Carnarvon was the only one of 25 Westerners who first entered to fall ill or die soon after. Nelson (BMJ 2002) followed 44 Westerners, 25 exposed: mean age at death 70 vs 75, survival 20.8 vs 28.9 years, no significant association, small and possibly underpowered. El-Tawil (Lancet 2003) says invasive aspergillosis remains a possibility, with no direct evidence. Marchant (Aeon 2013)…
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