Ten years after ascending the throne, Tutankhamun is dead, leaving no heirs to succeed him. He is hastily buried in a small tomb, designed originally for a private person rather than a king.
The famous golden death mask of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun likely wasn ... have ruled as Pharaoh Neferneferuaten. Tutankhamun ascended the throne around 1332 B.C.E. at about nine years ...
A recent analysis by researchers from the University of York suggests that King Tutankhamun's iconic golden death mask may ..
On Feb. 18, Egyptian officials announced the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, making it the last of the lost tombs ...
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his death ... in an unlikely place for a king’s burial: beneath two ...
The unearthing of the tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years.
The boy king was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, and ruled between 1332 BC and 1323 BC. He was the son of Akhenaten and took to the throne at the age of nine or ten. When Tut became king ...