The cover of Christina Riggs’s Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive (image courtesy of Bloomsbury Visual Arts) “Tut-mania” seems eternal. At this very moment, ...

The tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor is in its most fragile state since its discovery in 1922, with cracks spreading across ceilings, rock layers peeling under humidity, and mural colours fading under the ...

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 ...

Tutankhamun was a pharaoh like no other: a minor during his reign, but mighty after his death. He only ruled for 10 years before his untimely death at age 19, but when his tomb was discovered in 1922 ...

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless ...

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 ...

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 ...

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, some of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them what you like—mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen dishes—but ...

On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun after his sarcophagus was discovered in a well-hidden tomb that had been preserved for over 3,000 years, ...

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 ...

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 Mostafa Elshemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty A ...