Searching in the desert of Egypt’s Valley of Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team noticed a set of steps hidden underneath debris. Walking down the steps on Nov. 4, 1922, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. King Tutankhamun death mask. (Romilly Lockyer via Getty Images) Tutankhamun, often called King Tut today, was an ancient Egyptian ...

Egyptian authorities unveiled a rare plaster wall from King Tutankhamun’s tomb and reopened two restored New Kingdom tombs in ...

The tombs that were opened are those of Rabuya and his son Samut from the 18th Dynasty, the first of the New Kingdom ...

The song, recorded by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons, was a satire of the traveling U.S. museum tour of King Tutankhamun ...

The tomb of King Tut, Egypt’s short-lived ruler who marked the end of the 18th dynasty, was discovered 100 years ago. King Tutankhamun was born in 1342 B.C. in the ancient city of Amarna, ascended to ...

Authorities from Egypt’s Luxor Museum revealed a never-before-seen plaster wall from King Tutankhamun’s tomb, […] ...

There is perhaps no other period in human history that has captured minds and imaginations quite like ancient Egypt. “Egyptomania,” or the intense interest in all thing Egypt, was first sparked by ...

King Tutankhamun, or King Tut for short, became ruler of Ancient Egypt more than 3,300 years ago when he was just nine years old. He died just a decade later, ending a rather unmemorable rule. In fact ...

One of the most important pharaohs of the ancient Egyptians was King Tut, and his early death was a massive loss, but new theory suggests that this may have been caused by his excessive wine drinking ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamen, the ancient Egyptian boy king, was discovered 100 years ago. AP Searching in the desert of Egypt’s Valley of Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team ...