Read the text.The Pharaoh's CurseWhen George Herbert received a telegram telling him to come to Egypt immediately, he thought his dreams had come true. Herbert, better known as Lord Caernarvon, was a rich aristocrat, an owner of racehorses and a racing-car enthusiast. He was also a keen Egyptologist and for fifteen years he had been sponsoring the work of Howard Carter, an archaeologist who was searching for treasure in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Carter had made an amazing discovery but would go no further without his sponsor. Archaeological work stopped until Caernarvon arrived in Cairo two weeks later. пустоAfter four more days of digging a door was uncovered in a tomb that belonged to the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Carter was so excited that he spent the night at the tomb before he finally entered Tutankhamun's resting place the next day. With a candle in his hand, Carter said nothing for two or three minutes until the impatient Caernarvon asked him if he could see anything. 'Yes,' replied Carter, 'it is wonderful.' The treasure that was spread out before them was the greatest that has ever been found. пустоThe burial chambers were stuffed with weapons, clothes, furniture and chariots, which took ten years to be catalogued. The body of Tutankhamun himself was found inside two coffins made of solid gold and the Pharaoh's burial mask, also of solid gold, was dripping with jewels. Carter and Caernarvon had struck lucky. But just five weeks after the opening of the tomb, Caernarvon became the first victim of the curse of the Pharaoh.Doctors could not identify the mysterious illness that brought Caernarvon's life to a close. It was reported that mysterious forces had been released after Carter desecrated the tomb. The popular press jumped on the story and captured the public’s imagination. One reporter claimed that a text near the entrance to the tomb read 'I will kill all who pass this door'. пустоIt was also reported that the lights in Cairo had gone out at the moment of Caernarvon's death. Within ten years, six more people who had been present at the opening of the tomb had come to an untimely end. Where would the curse of the Pharaoh strike next?Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was convinced that the Pharaoh's tomb contained a deadly mushroom spore and that more deaths would follow. пустоBut surprisingly, the number of victims dried up. Later studies showed that the average age of death of those who had gone into the tomb was relatively low. Many of Carter’s team lived well into old age, and the death that sparked the legend of the curse turned out to be not so mysterious after all. In actual fact, Caernarvon, who had never fully recovered his health following a car crash, was killed by a mosquito bite which became infected. This, remember, was at a time before antibiotics, and the power supply in Cairo was very irregular. пустоBut the curse of the Pharaoh and the tales of walking mummies continue to live today. Despite substantial evidence to the contrary, it seems that there are many people who are ready to believe that dark, supernatural forces are behind the deaths of Caernarvon and others. Could it have been the work of an evil spirit? Or was it radiation from radioactive rocks in the tomb? Had the ancient Egyptians made contact with alien visitors and developed sophisticated technology? Was Tutankhamun himself the victim of a coldblooded murder? The theories are fun, but they leave a lot to the imagination, and, sadly, are only the stuff of Hollywood.The following sentences were cut from the text. Put them into the correct place. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.