King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, and features a 5.5-pound golden beard as part of the larger 22.5-pound gold mask. That beard may have been an afterthought when ...

A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order. A power struggle could have also hurried the process. Additional details show that experts ...

A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order. A power struggle could have also hurried the process. Additional details show that experts ...

Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in ...

The north wall of the burial chamber depicts three ... caused by the sudden death of the young king. By the standard of other royal tombs, Tut’s is quite small, composed of four small rooms ...

Unearthed by British archaeologist Howard Carter, it was the first time a pharaoh's burial chamber had been found ... this ancient mystery. King Tut’s skeleton has been dismantled and stuck ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status female or ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him. The earring holes on the mask provide an obvious clue the mask was intended for a high-status ...

A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order. A power struggle could have also hurried the process. Additional details show that experts ...