An overlooked feature on King Tutankhamun's death mask has revealed how the young ruler was buried. King Tut ruled during Egypt's 18th Dynasty, from 1332 BC to 1323 BC before he died at 19.

After a re-examination of the original 1920s discovery, experts now believe even more strongly that King Tut’s golden burial mask wasn’t originally intended for him at all and was likely ...

Inside the sarcophagus they discovered the boy king's mummy wearing a mask fashioned from gold and semi-precious stones.

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

When the beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, employees tried to reattach it with glue. When the botched restoration was noticed it made ...

For the 60th Anniversary of its mummy’s arrival, the museum has had a new exhibit called Discoveries on the Nile: Exploring ...

But the famous golden funerary mask which so impressed the public at the last such exhibition in London in 1972 is now too delicate to travel and will not be part of the display.

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 ...

King Tut’s iconic mask is 21 inches tall, inlaid with precious stones, ... A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order.

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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