The tomb of King Tutankhamen, the ancient Egyptian boy king, was discovered 100 years ago. AP Searching in the desert of Egypt’s Valley of Kings, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team ...

In 1922, the long search by England’s Lord Carnarvon and his archaeological partner, Howard Carter, for the burial chamber of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen finally bore fruit. Not only did they ...

For only few more days, some of Egypt's most prized and promoted possessions can be found in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, tucked between a Broadway musical production of Spider-Man and the Times ...

Harry Burton's photographs of the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, which are housed in the archive of the Griffith Institute at the University of Oxford, have been digitally colorized by Dynamichrome ...

East wall of the tomb’s burial chamber. Tutankhamen’s mummy is shown, lying in a shrine mounted on a sledge, being drawn by twelve men in five groups. The men wear white mourning bands over their ...

THE PERENNIAL CELEBRITIES of Western history are mostly all-conquering generals (Alexander, Julius Caesar, Napoleon), powerfully innovative artists (Michelangelo, Leonardo, Shakespeare, Beethoven), or ...

Laetitia Delaloye, head of antiquities of Christie's, poses for a photograph with an Egyptian brown quartzite head of the God Amen prior to its' sale at Christie's auction house in London LONDON ...

The Egyptian embassy in London is in a race against time to try to stop the planned sale of a sculpture of Tutankhamen at Christie’s after the country’s most high-profile archaeologist claimed it was ...

Howard Carter, English Egyptologist, near golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamon in Egypt in 1922 To those who entered King Tut’s tomb — the first people to see inside since the teenaged pharaoh was buried ...

The opening of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum is sparking renewed interest in ancient motifs from brands like Azza Fahmy and ...