In King Tut's burial chamber, a rite known as the "Awakening of Osiris" may have been performed, according to evidence of mysterious artifacts ... of Tutankhamun's tomb when he noticed that ...

They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, one of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them ... “The king was being shown as Osiris, more so than ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris.

Tut's head, scanned in .62-millimeter slices to register its intricate structures, takes on eerie detail in the resulting image. With Tut's entire body similarly recorded, a team of specialists in ...

Unlike Tut, the tomb of Ramses II in the Valley of the Kings was looted of its ritual artifacts ... and later wed the daughter of a Hittite king. Ramses II remains as well the figurehead, an ...

This citadel harbored a veritable treasure trove of impressive artifacts and structures. A sarcophagus that contained the mummified liver of King Tutankhamun, Egypt’s most iconic pharaoh.

This resulted in the king being the sole ... about funerary practices from Tutankhamun's tomb, there are objects which are still being reinterpreted. The artifacts in focus are a set of four ...

The famous Boy King pharaoh, Tutankhamun, ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332 - 1323 BC. He ascended the throne at just nine years old but died unexpectedly at the age of around 18. His tomb was ...

King Tutankhamun, who ruled Egypt for ... Tutankhamun's almost untouched burial and more than 5,000 artifacts. King Tutankhamun's tomb contained six disassembled chariots. Many artistic depictions ...

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...