text: When Howard Ceter peered through the dusty air of Tutankhamun 's tomb in 1922 and , in his own words , wonderful things met his eyes , he confirmed the immeasurable wealth of the Pharaohs , and when the backer of the dig , Lord Carnarvon , died suddenly only a few months later , vox populi blamed it on the curse of the Pharaohs mummy and Hollywood was quick to feed our fantasies .
  
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  Ceter explored Tutankhamun 's tomb .