This was not a king who held a staff just as a symbol of power. This was a young man who needed a cane to walk. Tutankhamun's bone disease was crippling, but on its own would not have been fatal.

According to Egyptologist Salima Ikram, a less often discussed fact about Tutankhamun's mummified remains is that he had a ...

If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb. It’s been a ...

Sometimes the most powerful commentary on a king is made by ... They turned to ancient symbols as a way of using past glories to promise future success. Tutankhamun declared a wehem mesut, and ...

Despite his fame today however, King Tut’s rule was very short and he ... the Atef crown and carried the flail and the crook, symbols associated with royalty and often depicted in the hands ...

Tutankhamun became part of the ongoing struggle to be free of imperial influence. "This is a powerful symbol, that this king is being reborn just as Egypt is being reborn," comments Dr Riggs ...

King Tutankhamun has captivated the world since his tomb was discovered in 1922. Unearthed by British archaeologist Howard Carter, it was the first time a pharaoh's burial chamber had been found ...

Photographs of "the boy king's" head were not published ... "The discovery of Tutankhamun was a powerful symbol to many Egyptians, of the reawakening of their own country - and the Egyptian ...

Tutankhamun, one of the most famous figures from Ancient Egypt, became king at the tender age of nine. Revered as a god-like entity over three centuries ago, King Tut was laid to rest in an ornate ...

One hundred years ago, our understanding of ancient Egypt changed forever when the tomb of King Tutankhamun was found on November 4, 1922 in the Valley of Kings. Born around 1305BC, Tutankhamun only ...

“The chariot, not designed for warfare, likely carried King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhesenamun during ceremonies and parades,” said Nozomu Kawai, an Egyptology professor at Kanazawa Universit ...