The nitty-gritty of life in previous human eras can’t always be accessed by textbook study. The flavor and feel of the past ...

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As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922. Latest U.S.

Ancient Egypt breakthrough as mystery behind curse of King Tut's tomb solved ... Egyptologist Arthur Weigall - who was King Tut’s tomb when it was opened - died of cancer, aged 54, in 1934.

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

There’s a new king in town. More than a century after King Tutunkhamun was discovered — elevating the ancient figure to celebrity status — archeologists have uncovered the tomb of King ...

King Tutankhamun's legacy continues to fascinate, nearly a century after his tomb's discovery. Recent research unveils that one of his daggers was cra ...

In “Dinner With King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations,” Mr. Kean spends time with various specialists devoted to ...