"Yes, wonderful things!" Those three words changed everything. Howard Carter's persistence paid off spectacularly after years of searching Egypt's dusty Valley of the Kings. His grand discovery ...

There is perhaps no other period in human history that has captured minds and imaginations quite like ancient Egypt. “Egyptomania,” or the intense interest in all thing Egypt, was first sparked by ...

The tomb of King Tut, Egypt’s short-lived ruler who marked the end of the 18th dynasty, was discovered 100 years ago. King Tutankhamun was born in 1342 B.C. in the ancient city of Amarna, ascended to ...

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The tomb of King Tutankhamun is among the most iconic ancient Egyptian ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit photos. The boy king, Tutankhamun, remains one of history's most magnetic figures because his story refuses ...

The golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in a restoration lab at the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza – Copyright AFP/File Khaled DESOUKI ...

VISCERA COFFIN Tutankhamun possessed four miniature coffins fashioned of gold and inlaid with colored glass and semi-precious stones, and each stood in a separate compartment in an alabaster chest.

Ever wonder what historical figures actually looked like? Now we can thanks to groundbreaking new technology. Scientists put a face to a name after reconstructing the countenance of Tutankhamun’s ...

Pictures by Khaled Desouki and Amir Makar. Video by Mohamed Abouelenen It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: British archaeologist Howard Carter inspecting the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun ...

The golden sarcophagus of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in a restoration lab at the newly-built Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza — Khaled DESOUKI It's one of the 20th century's most iconic photos: ...