The famous Boy King pharaoh, Tutankhamun, ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332 - 1323 BC. He ascended the throne at just nine years old but died unexpectedly at the age of around 18. His tomb was ...

They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, one of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them what you like—mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

Located in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered on November 4, 1922, by Howard Carter, contained more than 5,000 artifacts. Among these were treasures such as statues ...

Follow in the footsteps of famed explorers and delve into the mysteries of King Tut’s tomb, now in a dazzling display at ...

On 4 November 1922, Carter's group found steps that led to Tutankhamun's tomb. He spent several months cataloguing the antechamber before opening the burial chamber and discovering the sarcophagus ...

The meaning of four objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb may have been discovered more than a century after they were unearthed in Egypt. A recent study published in the Journal of Egyptian ...

It is the first major archaeological discovery related to the dynasty in over 100 years, with the tomb of King Tutankhamun found in 1922. A joint team of British and Egyptian archaeologists made ...

Despite ruling for only nine years, Tutankhamun remains one of history’s most iconic pharaohs, thanks largely to the 1922 discovery of his almost perfectly preserved tomb by British ...

More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the burial are still emerging. A recent article published in the Journal of ...