They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, some of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them what you like—mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen dishes—but ...

A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s tomb. Its estimated price is up to $675,000. By Alex Marshall Reporting from ...

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless ...

Perhaps no archaeological discovery has captured the public imagination quite like that of Tutankhamun’s tomb by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter in 1922. While neighboring tombs in the great ...

The certified reproduction of the King Tutankhamun's gilded inner coffin from art collector Giovanni Amin's collection is on exhibit in the Louisiana Art & Science Museum's exhibit, 'Discoveries on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new exhibition at Southern University at New Orleans' Museum of Art (SUNOMA) is bringing the splendor of ancient Egypt into the ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

There are some secrets of the pharaohs, however, that can be revealed only by studying their mummies. By carrying out CT scans of King Tutankhamun's mummy, we were able in 2005 to show that he did not ...

HOUSTON—When the French priest Claude Sicard rediscovered the Valley of the Kings in Egypt during the early 18th century, it practically placed a European welcome mat among the pharaonic ruins of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - February 16, 1923. The burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun is opened by archaeologist Howard Carter. Carter described discovering wonderful things in King Tut’s ...

If the idea of mummies doesn't grab their attention, mention of the boy king does. Tutankhamun was only 9 years old when he came to power as Pharaoh of Egypt in 1332 B.C., which is well within the age ...

NEW ORLEANS — A new exhibition at Southern University at New Orleans' Museum of Art (SUNOMA) is bringing the splendor of ancient Egypt into the heart of New Orleans. The exhibit, titled "From the Nile ...