100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...

A normal explorer could not casually remove the lid of a sarcophagus It's a common ... movie "The Mummy," the villain, Imhotep, is raised from the dead to exert his revenge for the curse bestowed ...

A Universal Production film series beginning with The Mummy in 1932 and followed by four sequels up to 1944.