The curse of the mummy A brief 1._ of Howard Carter In 1891, he set 2. for Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, he had become an 3._ who searched for the tombs of the Egyptian kings. Carters 4._ found the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Sudden deaths People in Carters team began to fall ill and died 5._ not long after the tomb had been opened. Within 6._ years, 21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died. Different 7._ on deaths Some people say the deaths were just 8._. Others believe that they were the result of the mummys 9._. Still others believe that there is a 10._ explanation, because inside the tombs, there are many viruses.