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

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy king’s relatives among mummies thought to belong to the royal family ...

Nov. 4, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and soon the world will be inundated with Tut mania: books, TV programs, museum exhibitions, and even an opera ...

Among the artifacts being saved for the grand opening is the museum's treasure: a collection of 5,000 items from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, which includes the famous golden mask, sarcophagi ...

The ministry also has a virtual tour of the Tutankhamun artifacts on display in the Egyptian Museum. Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 1, 2016, and was updated on April ...

In the second in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun published in celebration of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum on 3 July, Zahi Hawass delves into ...

While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922. Latest U.S.

Tutankhamun's mask has been housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo since 1934, 12 years after British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the pharaoh’s tomb. However, the 123-year-old Beaux ...

King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered in 1922, ... Metropolitan Museum of Art. Brown believes the clay troughs were used in a ritual drink pouring in memory of the dead.

Tutankhamun himself may have suffered the consequences of this dynastic strategy. CT scans and further analysis of his remains revealed that he had a clubfoot, a cleft palate, necrosis in his left ...

The tomb is believed to have belonged to King Thutmose II, who ruled Egypt in the early 15th century BC. It is the first major discovery since the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found in 1922 ...