Scientist breaks 145;mummy146;s curse146;

Almost 80 years since the dreaded mummy8217;s curse was associated with the opening of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen8217;s tomb, an Australian scientist has disproved the legend, says this week8217;s issue of the British Medical Journal.

Twenty-five westerners were present at the breach of sacred seals in a previously undisturbed area of the young Pharaoh8217;s tomb in Egypt in 1923, thus exposing them to the curse, according to the writings of Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered the tomb.

Nineteen others were involved in the project who were not present during the excavation. The main financier of the dig, Lord Carnarvon, died weeks after the discovery.