DIADEM The golden diadem, inlaid with colored glass and semi-precious stones, was still around the head of Tutankhamun when Howard Carter opened the royal coffin more than three thousand two hundred ...
Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in Egypt’s ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On February 16, 1923, Howard Carter, guided by the flickering light of oil lamps, ventured into the ...
(CAIRO) — Tutankhamun’s golden-plated coffin is undergoing a face-lift for the first time since the boy king’s tomb was discovered in 1922 as Egypt nears completion of the Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...
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. In 1870, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed ...
Researchers say the mask's pierced ears and mismatched gold suggest it was originally made for a female ruler, possibly ...
Discovering a young pharaoh's ancient, long-dormant tomb sent the media into a frenzy in the 1920s – but uncovering one mystery invited another when the financier of the expedition died a sudden, ...
Khaled DESOUKI/AFP/AFP As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh's golden mask in his hands. Years later, the ...
An archaeologist performs restorations on the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the restoration lab of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2020. An archaeologist performs restorations on the sarcophagus ...