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

How did Howard Carter Locate Tutankhamun's Tomb?' On November 4th 1922 a breathless archaeologist, who had spent his life ...

In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When ...

Scientists find cancer-fighting properties in fungus from King Tut's tomb, offering hope for new leukemia treatments.

When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs real, or can it be explained in another way? Science has tried to ...

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.

A fatal fungus once thought to be a curse could potentially help fight disease. Scientists discovered molecules in a fungus linked to Tutankhamun's tomb that stop the proliferation of cancer cells ...

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King Midas.

British archaeologists had discovered the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun just a decade earlier, setting off a series of similar expeditions.

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Lost tomb & body of ancient 1,700-year-old king buried with chilling death mask uncovered in Mayan temple The Maya are celebrated for creating objects from finely carved jade ...