Scientists discovered a cancer-fighting compound in mold from ancient tombs, revealing a powerful new drug against leukemia.

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

The deadly fungus credited with killing the archaeologists that opened the tomb of King Tut might become a treatment for ...

Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently used in a test against leukemia cells and resulted in those cells being ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is one of the holiest sites for most Christians ...

After King Tutankhamun's tomb was opened in the 1920s, a series of untimely deaths among the excavation team fuelled rumors ...

A medieval healthcare facility has been unexpectedly discovered after a sinkhole emerged in York's city centre. The sinkhole uncovered structural remains that date from the 12th and 13th centuries and ...

Crouched by King Tut’s stone sarcophagus, National Geographic technicians Eric Berkenpas and Alan Turchik prepare the radar unit to scan the tomb’s walls.

Archaeologists have found a 2,800-year-old royal tomb located near King Midas’s former home in Turkey, the country’s news agency, Anadolu Ajansı, reported. Scientists excavating a site in ...

Archaeologists uncover royal tomb tied to the real King Midas It didn't include any gold, but the discovery has a lot to tell us about this ancient dynasty. By Andrew Paul ...

Despite her half-brother/husband, King Tut's final resting place being discovered in 1922, over a century later, the tomb of Ankhesenamun has yet to be uncovered. Ankhesenamun, Nefertiti's daughter, ...

Visitors have just days left to see the boy king's world-famous gold funerary mask before it joins more than 5,000 artefacts from his tomb at the GEM, a $1-billion megaproject opening on July 3.