King Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun’s unseen golden treasures go public at Egyptian Museum
Archaeology
November 16, 2017
Tutankhamun’s unseen golden treasures go public at Egyptian Museum
Antiquities Minister, Khaled al-Anany, inaugurated on Wednesday a temporary exhibition at the Egyptian Museum displaying Tutankhamun’s golden flakes in public…
Funerary bed of King Tut packed to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
Culture
May 18, 2017
Funerary bed of King Tut packed to be transferred to Grand Egyptian Museum
A team from the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) started packing this week Pharaoh King Tutankhamun’s treasured collection at the Egyptian…
Tutankhamun’s dagger was made from a meteorite: scientists
Archaeology
June 8, 2016
Tutankhamun’s dagger was made from a meteorite: scientists
A dagger found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun was made from a rare sort of iron meteorite, according to…
Reeve’s claims about Nefertiti’s tomb are mere fantasy
Opinion
March 31, 2016
Reeve’s claims about Nefertiti’s tomb are mere fantasy
There is no doubt that Nicholas Reeves, who champions a theory that the tomb of Queen Nefertiti is located behind…
Egypt finds new clues that Queen Nefertiti may lie buried behind Tut’s tomb
Archaeology
March 17, 2016
Egypt finds new clues that Queen Nefertiti may lie buried behind Tut’s tomb
Egypt has unearthed further evidence that a secret chamber, believed by some to be the lost burial site of Queen…
Scans of King Tut tomb suggest ‘90%’ chance of hidden chamber
Archaeology
November 28, 2015
Scans of King Tut tomb suggest ‘90%’ chance of hidden chamber
Scans in King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings point to a hidden chamber, the country's antiquities minister…
Luxor celebrates 93rd anniversary of King Tut’s tomb discovery
Archaeology
November 5, 2015
Luxor celebrates 93rd anniversary of King Tut’s tomb discovery
Twenty hot air balloons rose above Luxor before sunrise on Thursday at Karnak to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the…
Renovations begin at Tutankhamun Luxor tomb
Archaeology
October 1, 2015
Renovations begin at Tutankhamun Luxor tomb
A US archaeological institute began renovating the tomb of famous Pharaoh King Tutankhamun in Luxor on Thursday. The J. Paul Getty…
70% chance of hidden chambers behind Tutankhamun tomb walls: Antiquities Minister
Archaeology
September 29, 2015
70% chance of hidden chambers behind Tutankhamun tomb walls: Antiquities Minister
Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty recently completed an inspection tour on the tombs of King Amenhotep II (Tomb KV35), King Horemheb…