Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...

"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...

King Tut, one of whose coffins is shown here in Cairo, suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, according to new tests. He likely died from complications of a leg fracture made worse by malaria.

Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

A curious, friendly and travel-mad grandfather from Colchester will be remembered by his family as a man who made the most of every day.

His mother was Martha, who bore 10 sons and one daughter. Three of his brothers died before Howard was born. Howard himself was a sickly child, and his parents did not believe he would live long.

Information about King Tut's parents was revealed after decades of speculation and two years of intense DNA testing and scans. The late king died around 1323 BC at the age of 18 or 19, having come ...

King Tut was around 18 when he died, reigning over Ancient Egypt for nine years. Although he was a boy king, the teenager went down as one of the most famous rulers of his time, with his passing ...

Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC. He was the son of Akhenaten and took to the throne at the age of nine or ten.

While he lived and died a stonkingly long time ago, Tutankhamun is one of the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt who we know rather a lot about since his tomb was discovered 102 years ago.