November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun 's mummified remains. What followed wasn't ...

Patricia Clavin, Professor of International History at the University of Oxford, explores the cult of Egyptomania following ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter, guided by the flickering light of oil lamps, ventured into the ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

In 1982, King Tut the mountain lion escaped his home and ran for the hills. A lucky teen found the cougar, and was given a ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Highlights from this massive archaeological museum include the complete collection of treasures discovered within King Tut’s ...

An ancient evil unleashed on an unsuspecting land? Well, that's what the stories would have you believe. From weird ...

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, ...

Beginning Thursday, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will be the first stop of a multi-city tour for the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs. The exhibition includes 130 ...