A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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

Laboratory tests on Tutankhamun’s celebrated gold funerary mask reopened a century-old debate about its origin. A team working between Cairo and Oxford examined the alloy’s chemical makeup to identify ...

When Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the world believed it had witnessed the greatest archaeological discovery in history. But over a century later, the evidence inside the ...

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 ...

While excavating in the Valley of the Kings, an Egyptian worker on an archaeological dig discovered a partially obscured step. It would lead into the unlooted tomb of King Tut. When you purchase ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter, guided by the flickering light of oil lamps, ventured into the depths of a long-hidden subterranean burial site ...