A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him.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

What would you do if you accidentally broke one of the world’s most valuable relics? Glue it back together? Quickly? Before anyone noticed? Well, yes, that might be what you would do, because you ...

CAIRO — Eight museum employees will be charged with negligence after a botched reattachment of the beard on King Tutankhamun’s mask, Egyptian authorities said. King Tut’s burial mask is displayed at ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

King Tut’s golden mask is iconic, but did you know X-rays revealed some surprising details about it? Turns out, the mask wasn’t originally made just for him—it might have been repurposed from someone ...

CAIRO -- King Tut hasn't been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: After a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh's beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prosecutors ...