In 1922, when Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb, the world was captivated by treasures untouched for over ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

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 ...

The iconic tomb — located in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt — is one of the most poorly preserved in the area Flash flooding as well as fault lines have contributed to the degradation of ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Discovering a young pharaoh's ancient, long-dormant tomb sent the media into a frenzy in the 1920s – but uncovering one mystery invited another when the financier of the expedition died a sudden, ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was ...

A suitcase, believed to have belonged to the explorer who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb, was found under a bed and sold at auction for £12,000, ($15,000), skyrocketing over its presale estimate of ...

Egypt's antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be located since the famed discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. The tomb, discovered ...

Photos show vivid colors bringing a mural brought back to life. CAIRO -- A symposium to celebrate the success of a decade-long restoration project on the tomb of King Tutankhamun was held Thursday in ...

It’s 11am in the Valley of the Kings by the time I emerge, blinking into the sun, from the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun ...

LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) - A century after the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered, revealing the mummified boy-king buried more than 3,000 years ago, it has re-opened, brighter and safer thanks to ...