A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

The golden funerary mask of King Tutankhamun is displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo - Copyright AFP FERNANDO CARTAGENA The golden funerary mask of King ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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 ...

After the discovery, it took years to move most of the tomb’s contents to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. (Note: The new Grand Egyptian Museum, about 12 miles west of the existing Egyptian Museum, is ...

King Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most iconic Egyptian relics, but researchers claim it may not have been intended for the late pharaoh. A team from the University of York in the UK say the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you have never been to Egypt to tour King Tutankhamun’s tomb, one man has made a replica for residents and visitors of Grand Rapids to view as part of this year’s ...

There is perhaps no other period in human history that has captured minds and imaginations quite like ancient Egypt. “Egyptomania,” or the intense interest in all thing Egypt, was first sparked by ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt put the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun back on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Wednesday evening after the relic was repaired following a botched attempt to ...

Laboratory tests on Tutankhamun’s celebrated gold funerary mask reopened a century-old debate about its origin. A team working between Cairo and Oxford examined the alloy’s chemical makeup to identify ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids. The ...