When archaeologist Howard Carter held up a candle to peer inside on November 26, 1922, the light glinted on golden objects.

A growing body of research is generating renewed interest in potential hidden spaces beyond the decorated walls of Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in Egypt. Some researchers have raised the possibility ...

Since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago, the contents have been examined countless times. But new details continue to surprise archaeologists.

Last year’s centenary of the discovery of the tomb of the ancient Egyptian golden boy-king Tutankhamun has led to a round of competition among publishers, writes David Tresilian The discovery of the ...

Nature's 1923 obituary gives Carnarvon's cause of death as pneumonia after erysipelas and blood poisoning from an insect bite ...

More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the burial are still emerging. A recent article published in the Journal of ...

The tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor is in its most fragile state since its discovery in 1922, with cracks spreading across ceilings, rock layers peeling under humidity, and mural colours fading under the ...

Ancient Egypt comes to life at Palazzo Belloni in Bologna, with an immersive journey that takes visitors back to the age of the pharaohs ...

Tutankhamun is buried in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt KING Tutankhamun’s tomb is on the brink of collapse and could crumble down in a devastating disaster, archaeologists have warned. The ...

Broken bones, explosive embalming and a missing heart: the mysterious death of Egypt’s boy king is the ultimate cold case – and it’s far from closed THE autopsy was brutal. Once the mummy’s decayed ...

The unearthing of his 3,000 year-old tomb and all its treasures is seen as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of ...

Since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago, the contents have been examined countless times. But new details continue to surprise archaeologists.