New radar scans have provided conclusive evidence that there are no hidden rooms inside King Tutankhamun's burial chamber, Egypt's antiquities ministry said Sunday, bringing a disappointing end to ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have used the substance. The findings mean opium use ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sarcophagus (coffin) of the famed pharaoh Tutankhamun (King Tut) is on display at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo, ...

The tomb of King Tut, Egypt’s short-lived ruler who marked the end of the 18th dynasty, was discovered 100 years ago. King Tutankhamun was born in 1342 B.C. in the ancient city of Amarna, ascended to ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands. Years later, the Egyptian conservator ...

Why would a Bronze Age pharaoh be buried with an iron blade when his world still relied on bronze? That question has followed ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten — and harbored a wine jug stamped with the name of ...

A sphinx made of sand at Powerhouse Park in Del Mar on Nov. 4 helped announce “Beyond King Tut”, an exhibition about ancient Egypt and King Tut that will be coming to the Del Mar Fairgrounds in ...

Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artefacts -- was displayed together for the ...

An ancient alabaster vase located in a Yale University museum collection revealed a truth hidden for centuries: Opium use was part of mainstream society in ancient Egyptian culture. “Our findings ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have ...