ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

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 ...

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be more nuanced.

The famous death mask of Tutankhamun, the epitome of Ancient Egyptian heritage, is as well-known as the towering Pyramids themselves. The Boy King, who took the throne at just nine and ruled for a ...

Death masks shouldn't be confused with funeral masks — like the ones in Ancient Egypt — which were not made from casts of the deceased's face but by an artist. Why did they make death masks?

Archaeologists discover incredible 'overlooked feature' on Tutankhamun's death mask Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most recognisable symbols of Ancient Egypt - but one expert believes that ...

One of the most recognizable relics from ancient Egypt is the iconic blue and gold death mask of King Tutankhamun. For years, it has been understood to belong to the boy king, but new research has ...

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.

The tomb of a high-ranking ancient Egyptian woman has been found thousands of years after her death, the Egyptian Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities has announced ...

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient Egyptian mummy.

Archaeology Ancient Egyptians 'Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds News By Kristel Tjandra published 2 August 2024 ...

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek may have died "screaming from agony," researchers say. The unnamed woman mummy, discovered in ...