A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...

Exclusive: Zahi Hawass opens up about his new documentary, the latest discoveries changing what we understand about the family religion of King Tut, and why folks keep falling for conspiracy theories.

Last November, it was revealed that Universal Pictures is in talks with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz to resurrect The Mummy franchise from the '90s and 2000s. If a deal is made, the actors will ...

And it looks like The Rock is also open to coming back and reprising his role as the Scorpion King, a villain in the franchise’s second film that spurred an entire spin-off franchise. When asked by ET ...

A new traveling exhibition about the ancient Egyptian Boy King Tutankhamun will open to the public in Boston starting this February. The exhibition, titled “Discovering King Tut’s Tomb,” will launch ...

LUXOR, Egypt — King Tut's buck-toothed face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public — more than 3,000 years after the youngest and most famous pharaoh to rule ancient Egypt was shrouded in ...

Egyptologist Howard Carter first laid eyes on the preserved tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt back in 1922. An exhibit coming to Boston wants to take visitors back to that time in history to see the ...

Tut's head, scanned in .62-millimeter slices to register its intricate structures, takes on eerie detail in the resulting image. With Tut's entire body similarly recorded, a team of specialists in ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1777, the Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Princeton, N.J. A portrait of Washington following the Battle of ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have used the substance. The findings mean opium use ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...

Across southeastern Asia, researchers have identified dozens of mummies that are between 4,000 and 11,00 years old. After scanning the bones with invisible wavelengths of light, they found that almost ...