King Tut’s alabaster jars have long held mystery. A new Yale study finds chemical evidence suggesting they once contained ...

This redefines “high” society in ancient Egypt. Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

For more than a century, a cluster of alabaster jars from the burial of Tutankhamun sat in museum cases as some of the most puzzling objects from the boy king’s tomb. Now a new wave of scientific ...

The iconic tomb — located in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt — is one of the most poorly preserved in the area Flash flooding as well as fault lines have contributed to the degradation of ...

They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, some of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them what you like—mud trays, clay troughs, unbaked earthen dishes—but ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a serious image makeover, thanks to scientists discovering that it holds ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

As if we weren’t excited enough for the long-delayed full unveiling of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in July, the institution has just announced that it has received another 163 artifacts from ...

Chronicles the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922, surveys early Egyptian life and culture, and examines the unusual number of deaths following the opening of the tomb.

Photos show vivid colors bringing a mural brought back to life. CAIRO -- A symposium to celebrate the success of a decade-long restoration project on the tomb of King Tutankhamun was held Thursday in ...

A TikToker’s emotional reaction to King Tutankhamun’s remains sparked intense debate about how we treat the dead. In a widely viewed video, Syd (@squxid) broke down after watching a tour of the boy ...