Read about this from The Star. The mysterious of Sphinx, pyramids, mummies and the history of Ancient Egypt always gain my interest. Most of the histories about Egypt are still without definite prove. Why? When? Who? How? Are the few words that most scholars are still repeating. However, seem that they will never get most of the answer.

The discovery of the young pharaoh's tomb in 1922 - the only one in the valley of the kings that was found relatively intact - generated world wide interest.

His death is shrouded in intrigue. He was only 19 and it was widely believed that the young pharaoh was murdered.

To top it all, there were rumours of a curse placed on those who disturb the pharaoh's tomb. Initial examination indicated foul play in the death of young king. Dr Douglas Derry who carried out the first autopsy in 1925 noticed a lesion on the left check. An X-ray showed a stray fragment of bone lodged in the skull that could have been caused by a blow to the head.

Further X-rays carried out also revealed the front of the ribcage missing. But the injuries could have happened during the embalming process. It was, however, noted that the tomb was exceptionally small and not intended for royalty. This pointed to an unexpected death of the king and a hurried burial. Those who believe that Tutankhamun was murdered offered various motives and likely suspects.

Some scholars suggest that those fearing a return to his father's religious practice could have murdered Tutankhamun.

Ay, a general, and who succeeded Tutankhamun is high on the suspect list. There is the remarkable letter from Queen Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's young Widow, informing the King of the neighbouring Hittites that her husband was dead and that she was unwilling to marry one of her subjects which would have made him king.

She offered to marry a Hittite prince. "My husband is dead and I have no son... I am afraid," she wrote. Some scholars believe that she was under pressure to marry Ay. But Ankhesenamun herself is a suspect in Tutankhamun's murder and some Egyptologiests suggest that she wanted to rule Egypt with Hittite support.

But recent CT scan images seem to support those including Dr Zahi Hawass., who argue that Tutankhamun was not murdered.

The images showed that a fracture in the left leg was the only physical injury suffered by Tutankhamun but resulting complications could have caused death. But this finding is unlikely to end the murder theory or diminish the continuing fascination with Tutankhamun.

The fear of the Pharoahs' curse has long been the stuff of fiction and films. It is a subject that has stirred public imagination. There are those who believe that the pharaohs placed a curse on whoever disturbed their place of eternal rest.

When Lord Carnavon died on 5 April 1923, barely six months after the expedition's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, it appears that there was indeed a curse. The Times journalist who covered the discovery of the tomb was killed in a motor accident.

But in fact Lord Carnavon died as a result of cutting an infected mosquito bite while shaving with a razor.

He was 59 when he died in Cairo. A study done recently by a Monash scholar found that the average lifespan of the 25 people present at the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in November 1922 was 70. This should dispel the myth that they died prematurely.

Carter passed away in 1939 at the age pf 66. The Times reporter's accident took place in 1942. Still, all these deaths were lumped together and seen as the outcome of a pharaoh's curse.

Even Dr Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, appeared to have a strange encounter with the pharaoh's curse while carry-ing out the CT Scan project at Tutankhamun's tomb. He was asked during a recent interview on National Geographic Channel whether he had been worried about a curse.

"The idea of the curse was a joke to me but when the storm occurred in the Valley (of Kings at Luxor) on that day, and the husband of my sister died and the CT scan machine was stopped for one hour. I began to worry... but now I laugh." To Dr Hawass the chain of events he encountered was pure coincidence.