A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s ...

More than 150 conservators and 100 archaeologists labored quietly for over a decade to restore thousands of artefacts for the Grand Egyptian Museum opening.

Many of these treasures have not undergone restoration since British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered ... tomb in Luxor -- proved one of the most intricate jobs. At the GEM's wood lab, ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands. Years later, the Egyptian conservator ...