While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step ...

When Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the world believed it had witnessed the greatest archaeological discovery in history. But over a century later, the evidence inside the ...

King Tutankhamun's tomb is at risk of collapsing due to structural integrity issues, and one researcher from the University ...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artefacts -- was displayed together for the ...

Explore the life of the 'boy king,' the mystery of his death, his iconic gold mask, and the stunning discovery of his tomb.

Prologue: an archaeological adventure -- Tunnel of legends -- Clues by candlelight -- Opera of a vanished civilization -- Death on swift wings -- A brutal post-mortem -- Palm wine, spices and myrrh -- ...

The fearsome mummy that spawned a legendary curse and a generation of horror movies turns out to have been a slender, buck-toothed teenager who probably died after a serious accident. A team of ...

LUXOR, Egypt -- A team of researchers briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb Wednesday and laid bare his bones for a CT scan that could solve an enduring mystery: Was it murder or natural ...

LUXOR, Egypt — King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public — more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter, guided by the flickering light of oil lamps, ventured into the ...

The certified reproduction of the King Tutankhamun's gilded inner coffin from art collector Giovanni Amin's collection is on exhibit in the Louisiana Art & Science Museum's exhibit, 'Discoveries on ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The mummy of King Tutankhamun is to be X-rayed in an attempt to solve the mystery of how the Pharaoh died at age 17, Egypt's chief archaeologist said Sunday. Zahi Hawass said the ...