The discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings started with the top of a staircase. On November 4, 1922, ...

When archaeologist Howard Carter held up a candle to peer inside on November 26, 1922, the light glinted on golden objects.

More than a century after Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, researchers and historians have continued ...

Death comes to those who open the king's tomb—the curse of Tutankhamun, it is said, involved not only ancient Egypt but also ...

King Tutankhamun’s famous iron dagger was made from a meteorite. Now, a hidden crystalline pattern inside its blade has ...

There are some secrets of the pharaohs, however, that can be revealed only by studying their mummies. By carrying out CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy, we were able in 2005 to show that he did not ...

A growing body of research is generating renewed interest in potential hidden spaces beyond the decorated walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in Egypt. Some researchers have raised the possibility ...

Pyramids, mummies, golden masks. The things that come to mind when I hear "ancient Egypt" have barely changed since I was a ...

Nature's 1923 obituary gives Carnarvon's cause of death as pneumonia after erysipelas and blood poisoning from an insect bite ...

Since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago, the contents have been examined countless times. But new details continue to surprise archaeologists.

A closer look at Tutankhamun's vision of a modern utopia ...

November 4 marks the anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. It was unearthed in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the young pharaoh's 3,000 year-old treasures have became a global ...