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 ...

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 ...

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 ...