Inside the sarcophagus they discovered the boy king's mummy wearing a mask fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones.

A tiny wooden grasshopper that Egyptologists believe was stolen from the tomb of Tutankhamun is going up for sale in London.

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

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

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter, but several members of the excavation team, ...

The 1922 discovery became a global media sensation—and captured the imagination of millions. When British archaeologist Howard Carter peered into Tutankhamun’s tomb on November 26, 1922, he ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

In King Tut's burial chamber, a rite known as the "Awakening of Osiris" may have been performed, according to evidence of mysterious artifacts. It is the earliest evidence of the rite being used ...

A British-Egyptian team of archeologists have found the first pharaoh's tomb in Egypt since King Tutankhamun's was found in 1922. The newly discovered tomb belonged to King Thutmose II, who ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...