FatherAkhenaten KV55The identity of King Tut’s father has long been a mystery. One candidate is the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten, who abandoned the gods of the state to worship a single deity.

CT Scanning equipment by Siemens AG; Data courtesy, the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Arab Republic of Egypt; National Geographic magazine, June 2005 Inside King Tut's subterranean burial ...

Sometimes the most powerful commentary on a king is made by those who are silent ... significant looting in the Valley of the Kings. Tut’s tomb may even contain further secrets—during the ...

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 ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that ... Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, reigned from 1336 to 1327 B.C., roughly 3300 years ago. He is known more for ...

If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb. It’s been a ...

Fifty full years after King Tut’s tomb was discovered, the fascination was still so strong that comedian Steve Martin was able to perform a satirical song about the obsession on the third season ...

Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered by archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings on Nov. 4, 1922, was found loaded with treasures. Some of those artifacts, like his death mask, are widely known.

Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is also known, was the last of his dynasty of pharaohs. He ruled as a boy only for a short time. He is most famous because his tomb was discovered almost intact and ...