King Tut's mummified corpse has been a source of intrigue since his tomb's discovery in 1922. Those who desecrated his tomb, however, were said to be followed by "disease, pestilence and death." ...

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

King Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered on Nov. 4, 1922. Here are 10 facts about the Ancient Egyptian ruler and the tomb he was buried in as the 100th anniversary draws near.

Relieved from its 3,000-year duty of guarding the door, a 6-foot-tall statue of King Tutankhamen, made of wood and covered in gold, also came from the tomb, photos from the museum show.

Despite—or maybe even fueled by—the tales of a curse linked to disturbing the tomb, the public eagerly gathered to witness King Tut’s relics whenever they were exhibited across the country.

On January 3, 1924, two years after rediscovering the tomb of King Tut in Egypt, Carter and his workers found the stone sarcophagus that contained the gold coffin and mummy of the boy king.

The unsettling curse of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt has bewildered archaeologists since it’s been feared to be linked to the mysterious deaths of multiple excavators who discovered it in ...

King Tut’s magnificent sarcophagus made of over $13 million in gold in inlaid blue lapis lazuli is truly magnificent but it was obviously too small for the 5-foot-6 king.

Rediscovering King Tutankhamen’s tomb King Tutankhamen came to the throne at 10 years old and ruled ancient Egypt for nine years, from 1,336 to 1,327 B.C., according to Britannica.

King Tut Day celebrates the day that King Tut's tomb was discovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter, on November 4, 1922. Carter had first arrived in Egypt in ...

Ancient Egyptians made him a god. Modern Egyptologists made him immortal. When Tutankhamun came to the throne around 1330 B.C.E., he still counted his age in single digits. When he died, his body w… ...

King Tut is the subject of the new pop-up exhibition “Tutankhamen: His Tomb and His Treasures” at Rhode Island Center on Brentwood Road in Northeast D.C. from May 2 to July 31.