In 1922, when Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb, the world was captivated by treasures untouched for over ...

Searching in the desert of Egypt’s Valley of Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team noticed a set of steps hidden underneath debris. Walking down the steps on Nov. 4, 1922, the ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was ...

The tomb of King Tut, Egypt’s short-lived ruler who marked the end of the 18th dynasty, was discovered 100 years ago. King Tutankhamun was born in 1342 B.C. in the ancient city of Amarna, ascended to ...

Nov. 4, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and soon the world will be inundated with Tut mania: books, TV programs, museum exhibitions, and even an opera about ...

The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in 1922.

Nearly 100 years ago, the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was discovered. Here’s a look at one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. Tutankhamun was about age 9 when he became king of ...

One of the most important pharaohs of the ancient Egyptians was King Tut, and his early death was a massive loss, but new theory suggests that this may have been caused by his excessive wine drinking ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamen, the ancient Egyptian boy king, was discovered 100 years ago. AP Searching in the desert of Egypt’s Valley of Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team ...