The mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

Learn how the examination of Austrian mummy remains reveals details of his life, but leaves a few mysteries behind.

This comes only days after the team’s landmark discovery of the pharaoh’s first tomb. Litherland suspects the tomb may hold ...

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris.

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it's not a joke.

A MYSTERIOUS giant pink door has been discovered inside a 4,400-year-old tomb, and it’s thought to lead directly to the ...

inserted into his mummy’s wrappings. In addition, hundreds of artifacts—furniture, weapons, clothing, games, food and jars of wine (all for the pharaoh’s use in the afterlife)—were left ...

The best prepared and preserved mummies are from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Dynasties of the New Kingdom (ca. 1570–1075 BCE) and include those of Tutankhamen and other well-known pharaohs.

Finally, in February the following year, the team opened the burial chamber and discovered the sarcophagus – the stunning stone coffin containing the mummified pharaoh. The tomb is considered ...

One detail gives him hope: They haven't yet found this mystery pharaoh's canopic jars, which store a mummy's organs. Sometimes tomb robbers would grab and later discard canopic jars, Wegner said.

The mummy of Thutmose II was discovered in the ... regarded as one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and one of the few female pharaohs who ruled in her own right," the BBC said. The tomb revealed ...