Archaeologists have found the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, helping shed more light on ancient Egypt at its peak.

A newly unearthed settlement in Egypt’s north-western Nile Delta dates back around 3,400 years to the New Kingdom era and ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

Had workmen done a rushed job in setting up the chamber, had long-ago tomb robbers ... Indeed, Tutankhamun’s mummified remains were themselves symbolic. “The king was being shown as Osiris ...

The famous Boy King pharaoh, Tutankhamun, ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332 - 1323 BC. He ascended the throne at just nine years old but died unexpectedly at the age of around 18. His tomb was ...

and the king who restored order to Egypt. More information: Nicholas Brown, These Thy Libations, Osiris! A Reconsideration of the Four Clay Troughs from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), The Journal ...

King Tutankhamun, who ruled Egypt for nine years before dying at the age of 18, remains one of the most famous pharaohs in history, mainly due to the discovery of his tomb in 1922, which became a ...

The famous Boy King pharaoh, Tutankhamun, ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332 - 1323 BC. He ascended the throne at just nine years old but died unexpectedly at the age of around 18. His tomb was ...

The mud trays are now thought to be part of a wider funerary ritual, which both invoked the god Osiris and permitted the ...

CT scans show that the Boy King had an unusually elongated skull, suggesting it may have been the result of inbreeding. One of the most famous items found in Tutankhamun's tomb was the distinctive ...

His enduring legacy owes much to the spectacular discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, which revealed more than 5,000 artifacts—including his iconic gold mask—almost ...