A TOXIC fungus linked to the deaths of researchers who opened King Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb may help fight cancer. <\/p>\n
The poisonous fungus found growing inside the ancient tombs is believed to have struck down a team of 10 archaeologists in a theory known as \u201cPharaoh\u2019s Curse\u201c.<\/p>\n
PA:Press AssociationKing Tut\u2019s tomb was teaming with a fungus believed to have killed a group of researchers[\/caption]<\/p>\n
The poisonous fungus has been found to contain properties that could tackle the division of cancer cells<\/p>\n
PA:Press AssociationIngesting yellow spores of the fungus has been linked to lung disease[\/caption]<\/p>\n
The fungus crop \u2013 known as Aspergillus flavus \u2013 is believed to have been ingested by the researchers who then developed lung infections and died… A TOXIC fungus linked to the deaths of researchers who opened King Tutankhamun\u2019s tomb may<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ksa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9.jpg",1920,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9.jpg",1920,1080,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/165197-how-pharaohs-curse-may-help-fight-cancer-after-leukaemia-battling-chemical-found-in-fungus6887b6f1700e9-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Saudi Arabia<\/a>","tag_info":"Saudi Arabia","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/165198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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