Lord Carnarvon died due to an infection caused by a mosquito bite, which was aggravated by septicemia, and only six of the 26 ...

When Lord Carnarvon died following an insect bite they were quick to report rumours of an ancient curse. These reports inspired a Hollywood film, The Mummy in 1932. Image caption, In the U.S the ...

But while the pharaoh's curse may lack bite, it hasn't lost the ability ... them after thousands of years—especially people like Lord Carnarvon with weakened immune systems?

This is why I ask: “was it a mosquito bite that has so seriously infected Lord Canarvon?”” When, just a few days later Lord Carnarvon succumbed to his illness, Marie Corelli was hailed as a ...