An ancient evil unleashed on an unsuspecting land? Well, that's what the stories would have you believe. From weird ...

In 1922, the world stood in awe as the tomb of King Tutankhamen was unveiled. But a century later, new research and strange ...

It's been 100 years since King Tutankhamun was unearthed in Egypt, and now a researcher has revealed little known details about the gruesome excavation. British archaeologist Howard Carter and a team ...

A fragment of an ancient necklace decorated with the face of King Tutankhamun has revealed lost rituals that reinforced loyalty among elites. The artifact, discovered in the Myers Collection at Eton ...

Curated and conserved over nearly two decades, the collection was unveiled to the public two days after the museum's lavish opening ceremony on Saturday. In a vast, dimly lit main hall spanning four ...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures - over 4,500 artefacts - was displayed together for the ...

Cairo's newest attraction is the Grand Egyptian Museum, a modern testament to one of the world's oldest civilizations. Jane Pauley reports on the opening of the museum, whose collection includes ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...