By carrying out CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy, we were able in 2005 to show that he did not die from a blow to the head, as many people believed. Our analysis revealed that a hole in the ...

King Tut's death remains an unsolved mystery. / Romilly Lockyer/The Image Bank via Getty Images When it comes to child kings, one name stands above the others: King Tut. Born circa 1343 BCE ...

100 years later, his riches still have much to reveal. We dig into the missing heart of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun and what archaeologists have learned a century since the discovery of the ...

Golden funerary mask of King Tut at the Egyptian Museum. / Anadolu Agency/GettyImages Tut’s fame has less to do with the life he lived than what he left behind. When British archaelogist Howard ...

Tutankhamun, one of the most famous figures from Ancient Egypt, became king at the tender age of nine. Revered as a god-like entity over three centuries ago, King Tut was laid to rest in an ornate ...

King Tutankhamun has captivated the world since his tomb was discovered in 1922. Unearthed by British archaeologist Howard Carter, it was the first time a pharaoh's burial chamber had been found ...

One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on November 4, 1922 in the Valley of Kings. Born around 1305BC, Tutankhamun only ...

Steve Martin's classic comedy song King Tut is to be reissued on vinyl. The song – originally performed on Saturday Night Live – was released as a single in 1978, sold over a million copies. It paid ...

In 1922 - after searching for six years - a team led by the British archaeologist, Howard Carter, discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. And inside they found more than four hundred shabti.

But what was it like to first point a lens into the 3,000-year-old tomb of King Tutankhamun? That job fell to Harry Burton. He took more than 3,400 photographs of the treasures uncovered by ...

Tutankhamun became part of the ongoing struggle to be free of imperial influence. "This is a powerful symbol, that this king is being reborn just as Egypt is being reborn," comments Dr Riggs ...

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