The Face Of Tutankhamun

The Pharaoh Awakes (1x4)

Air date: Dec 11, 1992

Was a curse placed on the boy king's tomb? Certainly, within a month of its opening, Lord Carnarvon, one of the first to enter the tomb, lay dead. Eight others followed as the myth seemed to become reality. Today, as Christopher Frayling discovers, scientists seek a more rational explanation.