A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

(CNN) — Eight museum employees will be charged with negligence after a botched reattachment of the beard on King Tutankhamun’s mask, Egyptian authorities said. King Tut’s burial mask is displayed at ...

What would you do if you accidentally broke one of the world’s most valuable relics? Glue it back together? Quickly? Before anyone noticed? Well, yes, that might be what you would do, because you ...

CAIRO -- King Tut hasn't been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: After a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh's beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prosecutors ...

The intrigue around the mask and the king was something Seattle and cities across the country had experienced nearly 35 years ...

After the discovery, it took years to move most of the tomb’s contents to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Note: The new Grand Egyptian Museum, about 12 miles west of the existing Egyptian Museum, is ...

CAIRO – Egypt has returned the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun on display after repairing a botched attempt to reattach the mask's beard, which was accidentally knocked off and hastily ...

The Dutch National Museum of Antiquities was accused of claiming King Tut was a Black man in its “Kemet” exhibit. A museum faces backlash for an exhibit allegedly depicting King Tut as a Black man.

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 ...

One of the most famous visages in archaeological history, that of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun, might not actually be the young king at all. After a re-examination of the original 1920s discovery ...