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

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

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

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

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

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.

We tend to confine our parties to milestones and cultural events, but there are countless micro-occasions worthy of ...

These spores may have killed famous archaeologists studying the tomb of King Tutankhamun. Now they could save lives.

Jim Sinclair, one of fewer than 100 people to visit the Titanic wreckage, shares his experiences exploring 40 shipwrecks ...

Then came another mystery. In 2022, archaeologists discovered an unmarked body under the famous cathedral and nicknamed it ...

(Image: Newsquest) The hall containing the main artefacts was dominated by a huge replica sarcophagus which was displayed with a seemingly floating mummy. There wasn’t a lot of exhibits, but this ...

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