Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, 100 years ago, the mystery of the boy king's death has captivated historians and ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status female or ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids. Visitors ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status female or ...

When Howard Carter opened the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the world’s understanding of ancient Egypt was transformed forever ...

An archaeologist performs restorations on the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the restoration lab of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2020 — Khaled DESOUKI As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Treasures from the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun are to return to the country for the first time in 35 years. His golden royal crown will be among more than 130 exhibits ...

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el Anani said Saturday the golden mask of King Tutankhamun would be moved from its current home at Tahrir Square's Egyptian Museum to the Grand Egyptian ...

Egypt hopes the new museum will draw in five million visitors annually, making one of the most-visited in the world — Khaled DESOUKI Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on ...

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 ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Saturday was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the world’s largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the ...