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 ...

Lord Carnarvon died just a few months after opening the tomb after a mosquito bite on his face led to blood poisoning. Two of his half-brothers died shortly after visiting the tomb in 1923.

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 ...

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