Whatever flaws King Tut inherited in this life ... This was not a king who held a staff just as a symbol of power. This was a young man who needed a cane to walk. Tutankhamun's bone disease ...

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 ...

In King Tut's burial chamber ... from the Nile River and known as the "Eye of Horus." It was a "powerful symbol of regeneration and overcoming evil, including death." The four troughs and four ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence. The young pharaoh's untimely death at just 18 has baffled experts for ...

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 ...

King Tut’s skeleton has been dismantled and stuck back together, photographed and x-rayed, had CT scans and DNA tests. But do we now know how he died? Click on the theories and decide for yourself.

Tutankhamun’s golden death mask. Photo: Stockphoto Press Portrait Service A photo from 2005 with a model of what King Tut probably looked like. King Tut suffered from necrosis in his left foot ...