On Nov. 26, 1922, the world of archeology scored the motherlode with the finding of King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Archaeologist Howard Carter beat the odds and discovered the mostly-untouched ...

Was the throne held by a Queen before Tutankhamun was old enough to rule? If so, who was this Queen? Or even better, as this ...

The Egyptian Museum, a 120-year-old red storied structure built in Cairo's central Tahrir square, housed less than 3,000 of those objects, including Tutankhamun's golden burial mask.

Sherif Fathy, Egyptian minister of tourism and antiquities, said: ‘This is the first royal tomb to be discovered since the groundbreaking find of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in 1922.

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the ...

Egypt's former antiquities chief Zahi Hawass, wearing a hat, supervises the removal of King Tutankhamun from his tomb in 2007. BEN CURTIS/AFP via Getty Images The local residents did win one campaign.

Egypt’s famed King Tutankhamun’s golden sarcophagus is displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. AP. It’s 53.5cm tall and made from 10kg of solid gold inlaid ...

Carter, Tutankhamun and the forgotten Egyptian workers. The discovery of the Boy King’s tomb in November 1922 stunned the world. A hundred years later, Rory Sullivan examines its enduring legacy ...

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, one of Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus is displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

Egypt is restoring King Tut's golden coffin as part of an effort to increase tourism. ... Tutankhamun, a pharaoh of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, ruled Egypt from 1332 to 1323 B.C.

Egypt has said that it will file a civil lawsuit after the sale of an ancient statue at auction last week. The stone head, which resembles Pharaoh Tutankhamun, was sold for £4.7 million ($5.97 ...