Discovering a young pharaoh's ancient, long-dormant tomb sent the media into a frenzy in the 1920s – but uncovering one mystery invited another when the financier of the expedition died a sudden, ...

Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s ...

The "exhilarating journey" into Tutankhamun's tomb promised to guests at a new virtual-reality exhibit in London shows the allure that Ancient Egypt still holds, so long after the boy king's burial.

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun — better known as King Tut — is at risk of being destroyed, but one researcher is working to save it. A 2025 study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal NPJ ...

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt Mostafa Elshemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty A ...