Howard Carter, the archaeologist who discovered King Tut's tomb, is famous for uncovering the incredible treasures of the young pharaoh. However, there's a shady side to his story—he's also believed ...

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

In King Tut's burial chamber, a rite known as the "Awakening of Osiris" may have been performed, according to evidence of mysterious artifacts. It is the earliest evidence of the rite being used ...

Indeed, Tutankhamun’s mummified remains were themselves symbolic. “The king was being shown as Osiris, more so than was usual in royal burials,” Brown wrote in the paper. “To literally ...

Follow in the footsteps of famed explorers and delve into the mysteries of King Tut’s tomb, now in a dazzling display at ...

But more than a century later, a researcher has presented a new theory about the clay artifacts: They were part of a funerary ritual dedicated to Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife.

“Look at the beautiful Nefertiti and her six daughters; King Tut married one of them ... In addition, hundreds of artifacts—furniture, weapons, clothing, games, food and jars of wine (all ...

More than 5,000 artifacts were found inside the tomb ... the Valley of the Kings holds the tombs of King Tut and his royal relatives. In antiquity this was considered a secluded spot.

King Tut ruled Egypt for only nine years before ... unearthed the boy king's nearly intact remains along with more than 5,000 artifacts. Determining a mummified person's cause of death ...

Amarna archaeology has a forensic quality because so many artifacts were deliberately destroyed after the sudden death of the king around 1336 ... Valley of the Kings. Tut’s tomb may even ...

Unlike Tut, the tomb of Ramses II in the Valley of the Kings was looted of its ritual artifacts ... and later wed the daughter of a Hittite king. Ramses II remains as well the figurehead, an ...