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A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.
A tiny wooden grasshopper that Egyptologists believe was stolen from the tomb of Tutankhamun just fetched $455,000 at auction ...
Inside the sarcophagus they discovered the boy king's mummy wearing a mask fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones.
How did Howard Carter Locate Tutankhamun's Tomb?' On November 4th 1922 a breathless archaeologist, who had spent his life ...
A toxic fungus killed ten scientists working on a tomb in Poland, and it’s believed the same spore killed those who excavated ...
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When ...
A collar believed to have been worn by Tutankhamun's sisters and a mummified snake are among the treasures on display at ...
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 was one of the biggest of the 20th century but the man behind the find chose to ...
(Image: Newsquest) The hall containing the main artefacts was dominated by a huge replica sarcophagus which was displayed with a seemingly floating mummy. There wasn’t a lot of exhibits, but this ...
“It was like [archaeologist] Howard Carter walking into Tutankhamun’s tomb,” says art historian and Lindsay expert Robert ...
As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands.
I want you to print this. It was the worst interview I’ve ever done in my life,” Dr. Zahi Hawass said of his experience on ...