November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun 's mummified remains. What followed wasn't ...

Patricia Clavin, Professor of International History at the University of Oxford, explores the cult of Egyptomania following the opening of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb in 1922. Patricia visits the Griffith ...

A TikToker’s emotional reaction to King Tutankhamun’s remains sparked intense debate about how we treat the dead. In a widely viewed video, Syd (@squxid) broke down after watching a tour of the boy ...

In addition to all of our Thanksgiving adventures this week, historians may note that we are on the anniversary of one of the most spectacular discoveries in modern archeology. It was on Nov. 26 in ...

Discovering a young pharaoh's ancient, long-dormant tomb sent the media into a frenzy in the 1920s – but uncovering one mystery invited another when the financier of the expedition died a sudden, ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — I just toured the King Tut exhibit at Biltmore Estate and came away with renewed respect for short funerals and soft pillows. Serious students of archaeology, amateur and ...

Back in 1976, Egypt sent the remains of pharaoh King Tutenkhamun and many of his valuables on a tour that included stops in multiple American cities, drawing eight million visitors over three years.

THE golden boy of history wasn’t as pretty as you may think: Behind Tutankhamun’s elaborate death mask was a sick, crippled and deformed product of incest. New 3D modelling of his mummified body shows ...