Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

When the beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, employees tried to reattach it with glue. When the botched restoration was noticed it made ...

Archaeologists in Portugal just identified the world's oldest mummies — thanks to a few undeveloped rolls of 60-year-old film ...

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

Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...

When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs real, or can it be explained in another way? Science has tried to ...

Science News: Scientists have discovered that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus linked to ancient “mummy curses,” contains compounds effective against leukemia cells. Re ...

He added that 26 artifacts from the collection of King Tutankhamun’s belongings remain at the museum, including the golden mask and the two coffins. These pieces will soon be transferred to their new ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids.Visitors ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids. Visitors ...

THE mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence. The young pharaoh’s untimely death at just 18 has baffled experts f… ...

CHANCES ARE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT KING TUT, YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MASK. IT WAS 25 POUNDS SOLID GOLD, AND IT WAS PLACED OVER THE HEAD OF THE MUMMY FROM THE GIANT SARCOPHAGUS.