Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. On February 16, 1923, English archaeologist Howard Carter opened the final chamber in an Egyptian ...

February 16, 1923. The burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, is opened by archaeologist Howard Carter.

On February 16, 1923, one of the most significant moments in archaeological history unfolded in Thebes, Egypt, as the English archaeologist Howard Carter breached the sealed ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was unsealed over 100 years ago, and since then many who disturbed the ancient burial chamber ...

A new traveling exhibition about the ancient Egyptian Boy King Tutankhamun will open to the public in Boston starting this February. The exhibition, titled “Discovering King Tut’s Tomb,” will launch ...

Egyptologist Howard Carter first laid eyes on the preserved tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt back in 1922. An exhibit coming to Boston wants to take visitors back to that time in history to see the ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1777, the Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Princeton, N.J. A portrait of Washington following the Battle of ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have used the substance. The findings mean opium use ...

This redefines “high” society in ancient Egypt. Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...

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Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King Tutankhamun's treasures -- over 4,500 artefacts -- was displayed together for the ...