The Death of the Pharaoh, Tutankhamun

The world's press had gathered in Cairo and were jostling for access to the tomb. The times of London lauded it over the other papers, having paid handsomely for exclusive access. But rival newspapers reported that Carter and Carnarvon had deliberately destroyed a terrible warning over the tomb. That warning read, death shall come on swift wings to whoever toucheth the tomb of the Pharaoh. A stinging or biting insect had pierced the skin on his cheek just as he had entered the presence of Tutankhamun. Death had claimed him in Egypt. It was another Pharaoh's curse and it had claimed its first victim.