After analyzing King Tut's remains, researchers found genetic evidence to suggest he met his untimely end in part due to repeated bouts of malaria. This mosquito-borne illness is treatable today ...

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 ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...