The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

King Tut's collection of more than 5,000 objects, including his golden funeral mask, gilded coffins, golden amulets and beaded collars, will go on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum when it ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Back to homepage / Live news Egyptian conservators give King Tut's treasures new glow Cairo (AFP) – As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs ...

Was the throne held by a Queen before Tutankhamun was old enough to rule? If so, who was this Queen? Or even better, as this ...

Dinner With King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations By Sam Kean Little, Brown and Company 464 pages ...

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Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in archeologists who discovered King Tut’s tomb.

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.