The Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors in Cairo in November, where King Tutankhamun's tomb and all of its contents - ...

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt A 2025 study explores ways to preserve ...

Flash flooding in the Valley of the Kings has caused damage to the fragile rock beneath and above the archeological site. Burial chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamen, near Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Universal ...

These ancient tombs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt is plagued with cracks, water damage and fungi, sparking fears that “disaster could strike at any moment” for ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

As if we weren’t excited enough for the long-delayed full unveiling of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in July, the institution has just announced that it has received another 163 artifacts from ...

An iron dagger discovered within Tutankhamun's tomb was identified as originating from an iron meteorite. In 2016, Italian researchers confirmed the dagger's cosmic source by analyzing its elemental ...

Photos show vivid colors bringing a mural brought back to life. CAIRO -- A symposium to celebrate the success of a decade-long restoration project on the tomb of King Tutankhamun was held Thursday in ...

“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

The iconic tomb — located in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt — is one of the most poorly preserved in the area Flash flooding as well as fault lines have contributed to the degradation of ...