For centuries, this fungus was feared as a silent killer lurking in ancient tombs, responsible for mysterious deaths and the legend of the pharaoh’s curse.
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Justin Stebbing,
JSTOR Daily,
24 July 2025
Firemen in their command center calm the fears of the locals who call in, law enforcement tracks down tomb robbers, while in the port of Torre Annunziata, Syrian tankers unload Ukrainian grain.
Another was recovered from a garbage heap outside RKO’s old prop vault and sold at a 1982 Sotheby’s auction, where Steven Spielberg bought it for $60,500.
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Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
Deep in an underground, World War Two-era vault, investment manager Louis O'Connor guards his firm's most valuable assets.
Officers found a gravesite dug open, along with the crypt and casket broken open.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2025
Ticket Information Brompton Cemetery Catacombs Hidden beneath one of London’s most atmospheric Victorian cemeteries lie the Brompton Catacombs — a shadowy underworld of vaulted chambers and crypts.
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