The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless artifacts — some of which experts now believe were previously overlooked.

Objects found in the tomb of Tutankhamun indicate that the Boy King was the first pharaoh ever to undergo a funerary rite designed to re-animate his mummified body in the afterlife. Known as the ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster ...

Out of all the Egyptian pharaohs whose tombs have been discovered over the years, King Tutankhamun's tomb remains one of the most interesting ones ever. A young boy who ruled Egypt for years and was ...

Andreas F. Voegelin, Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig DIADEM The golden diadem, inlaid with colored glass and semi-precious stones, was still around the head of Tutankhamun when Howard ...

Former Egyptian antiquities minister Zahi Hawass said the piece appeared to have been “stolen” in the 1970s from the Karnak Temple complex just north of Luxor. “We think it left Egypt after ...

In their eagerness to see Tutankhamun himself, the anatomists who studied him forcibly removed him from his coffin as he was stuck to it with resin. The rough handling separated his limbs and head ...

Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known, was the last of his dynasty of pharaohs. He ruled as a boy only for a short time. He is most famous because his tomb was discovered almost intact and ...

This handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on February 19, 2025 shows artifacts uncovered during archaeological excavations that discovered the tomb of King Thutmose II ...

The trays and four 3-foot-tall wooden staffs were placed about five feet from the head of King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus. “Originally, these clay troughs were believed to be stands for the ...

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