Even before it opened this week, the Grand Egyptian Museum looked to be making history. On Wednesday, Egypt will finally open ...

One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on November 4, 1922 in the Valley of Kings. Born around 1305BC, Tutankhamun only ...

The stunning 1922 find of Tutankhamun’s tomb opened a window into Egypt's golden past. 100 years later, his riches still have much to reveal. We dig into the missing heart of ancient Egyptian ...

Golden funerary mask of King Tut at the Egyptian Museum. / Anadolu Agency/GettyImages Tut’s fame has less to do with the life he lived than what he left behind. When British archaelogist Howard ...

Tutankhamun ruled Egypt from the age of about nine until his death aged 18 For more than 3,200 years, the tomb of Tutankhamun lay untouched beneath the shimmering sands of Egypt. But, as a new ...

The discovery of Idi will help inform Egyptologists about the manners and customs of family burials during this overshadowed ...

Who was Tutankhamun? Discover Pharaoh Tutankhamun ... The ancient Egyptians left behind written records on their buildings and on papyrus scrolls but how do we know what the writing means?

The museum’s stand-out gallery—the grand gem of the GEM—remains closed. The Tutankhamun Gallery will display artefacts found in the tomb of the boy king, and will be part of the museum’s ...

To mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, this documentary offers, for the first time ever, an extraordinary opportunity to meet the Pharoah , and relive those unique ...

But the Tutankhamun collection will remain in the original Egyptian Museum for the moment. A year ago a new airport – Sphinx International – opened east of Cairo. It allows easy access to ...