One skill attributed to King Tut (and supported by some archaeologists) was to hunt ostriches with a spear from a chariot, a royal sport of the era. Two enormous ostrich feathers extend upward ...

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

King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the larger 22.5-pound gold mask.

King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the larger 22.5-pound gold mask.

Guardsmen stood at attention. In the offing was the great king’s chariot, drawn by two asses. Grooms held the reins; another flunky was in attendance.

King Tut is the subject of the new pop-up exhibition “Tutankhamen: His Tomb and His Treasures” at Rhode Island Center on Brentwood Road in Northeast D.C. from May 2 to July 31.

New study reveals that King Tut died in a chariot crash He passed away at 19 years old, and now they think he died in a chariot accident. Forensic scientists in England did a virtual autopsy, and ...

King “Tut” was a very minor king, who ascended the Horus Throne as a child. He died as a teen. It was his relative unimportance that won him a small tomb, which survived intact until modern times.