The highly toxic fungus Aspergillus flavus, known for its yellow spores and associated with legends like the curse of ...

Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...

MM8452_221202_000307The small mask, made of jade mosaic with spondylus shell for the eyes and teeth, represents a manifestation of the Storm God. It was laid on the chest of a king buried at ...

When King Tut's tomb was opened, those involved in the discovery started 'mysteriously' dying. Is the Curse of the Pharaohs real, or can it be explained in another way? Science has tried to explain ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

Crouched by King Tut’s stone sarcophagus, National Geographic technicians Eric Berkenpas and Alan Turchik prepare the radar unit to scan the tomb’s walls.

This remarkable discovery is pegged as the most significant find since the unearthing of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, with around 3,500 years of history tucked within its depths.

However, contrary to what one might assume—that fame and success brought Carter immense happiness—his life was far from easy after the discovery. Indeed, it was rife with problems and difficulties, ...

This October, the SciFri Book Club will read Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. This Book Club ...

On Saturday 12th July, Katja Broschat and Christian Eckmann from the German Archaeological Research Institute, Leibniz-Zentrum Fur Archaologie in Mainz, are coming to Worthing for a very special study ...

Tutankhamun’s Iconic Gold Death Mask Is Getting a New Home Near the Pyramids of Giza Soon, the elaborately decorated artifact will be transferred to the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum, joining ...

In a dedicated wing, most of King Tut's treasures will be exhibited together for the first time in history since British archeologist Howard Carter discovered the young pharaoh's intact tomb in ...