"Yes, wonderful things!" Those three words changed everything. Howard Carter's persistence paid off spectacularly after years of searching Egypt's dusty Valley of the Kings. His grand discovery ...

Tutankhamun was a pharaoh like no other: a minor during his reign, but mighty after his death. He only ruled for 10 years before his untimely death at age 19, but when his tomb was discovered in 1922 ...

The tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor is in its most fragile state since its discovery in 1922, with cracks spreading across ceilings, rock layers peeling under humidity, and mural colours fading under the ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Shortly after the discovery of his tomb, the ‘Curse of Tutankhamun’ became a reliable headline for the international press. And the facts ...

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun’s mummified remains. What followed wasn’t scientific triumph – it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, ...

Today in the history of astronomy, King Tut’s tomb – including a dagger famously forged from a meteorite – is found. When archaeologists peered inside Tutankhamun’s tomb a few weeks after its ...

These ancient tombs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt is plagued with cracks, water damage and fungi, sparking fears that “disaster could strike at any moment” for ...

After almost a decade, a team of international experts on Thursday revealed the results of their painstaking work to preserve the tomb of Egypt's legendary Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Nearly a victim of his ...