The discovery of Tutankhamun’s undisturbed 3,000-year-old tomb and its treasures was a watershed moment in archaeology.

Find out the real deal behind mummies, the truth behind the Sphinx’s nose, and how King Tut probably met his end.

FatherAkhenaten KV55The identity of King Tut’s father has long been a mystery. One candidate is the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten, who abandoned the gods of the state to worship a single deity.

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

The Sphinx itself is connected to the Pyramid of ... I would close such things as the Pyramids and the tombs of Seti, Nefertari, and King Tut at Luxor. These are things we cannot repeat; we ...

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural ...

Hieroglyphics on the sphinx's chest spell it out: this is a portrait of the great King Taharqo, the fourth pharaoh to rule over the combined kingdoms of Kush and Egypt. Kush occupied what is now ...

AT 430. WHAT DOES A PHARAOH BORN OVER 3000 YEARS AGO HAVE TO DO WITH THE BILTMORE ESTATE? WELL, MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK. AN EXHIBITION CALLED TUTANKHAMUN HIS TOMB AND HIS TREASURES OPENED THERE ...

Sometimes the most powerful commentary on a king is made by those who are silent ... significant looting in the Valley of the Kings. Tut’s tomb may even contain further secrets—during the ...

Hieroglyphics on the sphinx's chest spell it out: this is a portrait of the great King Taharqo, the fourth pharaoh to rule over the combined kingdoms of Kush and Egypt. Kush occupied what is now ...