As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Ever since British archaeologist Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, 100 years ago, the mystery of the boy king's death has captivated historians and ...

Objects found in the tomb of Tutankhamun indicate that the Boy King was the first pharaoh ever to undergo a funerary rite designed to re-animate his mummified body in the afterlife. Known as the ...

Tutankhamun's life is enveloped in mystery, with looming uncertainty surrounding his cause of death, the contents of his tomb and even his iconic mask.

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

A file photo of the burial mask of Tutankhamun. Many believe the archaeologists who discovered the boy king's tomb also released a deadly curse. hayley/Getty ...

Inside All About History 122: Discover what Tutankhamun, boy king of Egypt, was really like.

Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh whose lavish tomb became world-famous upon its discovery in 1922.

Reimagining Tutankhamun as a Warrior Recent research contradicts the image of the Egyptian boy-king as a frail, sickly pharaoh ...

Soon, the elaborately decorated artifact will be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum, joining more than 5,000 other items from the boy king's tomb ...

Tutankhamun ruled Egypt from the age of about nine until his death aged 18 For more than 3,200 years, the tomb of Tutankhamun lay untouched beneath the shimmering sands of Egypt. But, as a new ...

Tutankhamun was a battle-hardened warrior and not the sickly boy-king of legend, experts have claimed. It has entered historical folklore that Egypt 's most famous king was frail and deformed ...