Two studies that examined these clay objects, until now thought to be the bases for other elements, argue that they were ...

The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

AFP via Getty Images “I’m pretty convinced that what we’re seeing within Tutankhamun’s burial chamber is probably the earliest iteration of this ritual that we can see in the ...

Over 100 years ago, in 1922, a British-led research team made a startling discovery. In an Egyptian tomb, they discovered the burial chamber and remains of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and set the world’s ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt ’s earliest ...

While excavating the tomb of Tutankhamun, an enigmatic set of objects was discovered in the burial chamber,' Dr Brown says in his study. 'However, closer examination of the religious and ...

Brown contended that what is observed in Tutankhamun's burial chamber is "probably the earliest evidence of this funerary ritual," adding that depictions of this ceremony are only known from ...

A century after the world's most exciting archaeological find – the tomb of Tutankhamun – we can witness the dramatic scenes ...

A few years back, when I was working as part of an archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, I unearthed a slab of white limestone covered in ancient paint smears. More of that later ...

“It is likely that one of the multiple funerary rituals that was represented in Tutankhamun’s Burial Chamber is the Awakening of Osiris rite, and the layout of the objects within the chamber ...

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun's tomb.