Graphics experts have brought the ancient past to life by recreating the face of Amenhotep I, the pharaoh who founded the Valley of the Kings and reshaped Egyptian history. Amenhotep I, the second ...

Egyptian Mummy of Amenhotep I ‘Digitally Unwrapped’ to Reveal Its Secrets After 3,500 Years. Scientists use CT scans to peek inside the remains of the twice-buried pharaoh. By .

A portrait of Amenhotep III on view in "Pharaoh King of Ancient Egypt." Yet for all its magnificence - and it really is worth the $15 admission - "Pharaoh" doesn't quite represent the museum at ...

A portrait of the young Amenhotep III, left, wearing a khepresh, also known as the blue crown. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Tiye’s portrait, right, was created after her husband’s death and their ...

The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been studied for the first time in millennia after being digitally "unwrapped". The mummy of Amenhotep I, who ruled from 1525 to 1504 BC, was ...

With Amenhotep I, Saleem said they took thousands of very thin CT image cross-sections of the mummy. When combined, the images formed a complete 3D reconstruction of the king’s body, she said.

Amenhotep I was the second pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th dynasty, following his father Ahmose I. After Amenhotep's death, he and his mother Ahmose-Nefertari were worshipped as gods, the researchers said.

The mummy from Amenhotep I, the ruler of Egypt from 1525 to 1504 B.C., was discovered in 1881 in the ancient city of Thebes -- modern-day Luxor — located on the east bank of the Nile River in ...

A massive statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III was toppled in an earthquake some 3,000 years ago. It has risen again. The 50-ton, 13-meter (42-foot) statue was unveiled on Sunday at the ancient city of ...

Centuries after Amenhotep's death, 21st-Dynasty priests reburied his mummy to protect it from grave robbers. S. Saleem and Z. Hawass Researchers in Egypt have digitally unwrapped the mummy of ...

Nevine El-Aref, Monday 11 Feb 2013. Pair of Pharaoh Amenhotep III colossal statues to undergo intensive restoration as a part of Egypt's conservation project ...