A century ago this October, Egyptologist Howard Carter and his colleagues opened the innermost coffin of the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus for the first time in almost 3250 years. Inside they ...

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless ...

In perhaps the most famous and enduring archaeological discovery in modern times, the unearthing of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, an otherwise obscure Egyptian pharaoh, in November 1922 captured the ...

A peculiar and mysterious yellow glass can be found in the desert of Egypt and Libya. It has been known for thousands of years and was famously used to make a scarab for the pectoral of 18th-dynasty ...

After the discovery, it took years to move most of the tomb’s contents to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Note: The new Grand Egyptian Museum, about 12 miles west of the existing Egyptian Museum, is ...

In October 2022, Egyptologist Bob Brier published letters revealing new evidence of accusations against Carter regarding possible looting.

THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY Uncovering Tutankhamun’s Tomb By Candace Fleming KING TUTANKHAMUN TELLS ALL! Written by Chris Naunton Illustrated by Guilherme Karsten What is it about Tutankhamun that inspires ...

At the California Science Center, actors dressed as excavators strode through the crowd on Friday night, carrying equipment to reconstructed archaeological digs. Their appearance during cocktail hour ...

This month marks the centenary of the revelation of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt by British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922. And Visconti is taking note, offering a limited edition pen collection ...

Death was a prolonged affair in ancient Egypt: Though the body expired, people were never truly gone until the living stopped speaking their names. By that logic, Tutankhamun will live for centuries ...