The first person to die was Lord Carnarvon besides howard carter and his team. It turned out to be a deadly bacteria in his coffin, sitting there for thousands of years... get the idea. For more info o the other people and when they died go to touregypt.net/featurestories/curse.htm.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.