Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the ...

Lady Fiona Carnarvon and leading experts share how the discovery of King Tut’s tomb still fascinates the world — and why its secrets remain timeless.

Tutankhamun took the throne around 1332 BCE, aged eight or nine, and restored the traditional Egyptian polytheistic religion ...

Researchers say the mask's pierced ears and mismatched gold suggest it was originally made for a female ruler, possibly ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

King Tut's tomb has captivated people worldwide since its discovery in 1922. But how much do you actually know about the boy ...

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...

After more than two decades of restoration work, the tomb of Amenhotep III in the Valley of the Kings has reopened to the ...

A once-in-a-decade exhibition of ancient deities — many are goddesses — ranging over more than 3,000 years, from monumental ...

Last week, Richmond's newest baseball team was named the Flying Mummies, but what is the story behind the Richmond's two ...

"Divine Egypt," a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features nearly 250 artifacts representing the rich ...

The mystery of the now-ruined Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan may rest in a lost language scholars said they’ve deciphered.