Indeed, Tutankhamun’s mummified remains were themselves symbolic. “The king was being shown as Osiris, more so than was usual in royal burials,” Brown wrote in the paper. “To literally ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

One of the most famous items found in Tutankhamun's tomb was the distinctive Death Mask which was placed on the young King's face. The piece of art was mostly made of gold, making it weigh over 10 ...

Tutankhamun’s golden death mask. Photo: Stockphoto Press Portrait Service A photo from 2005 with a model of what King Tut probably looked like. King Tut suffered from necrosis in his left foot ...

The boy-king’s obscurity ... inside the sarcophagus and gazed at the gold and lapis lazuli mask atop Tut’s mummy. Three weeks later, after cutting away resin-encrusted wrappings from the ...

His enduring legacy owes much to the spectacular discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, which revealed more than 5,000 artifacts—including his iconic gold mask—almost ...

EXCLUSIVE: Tutankhamun died over 3,000 years ago and, after DNA studies shed startling new light on his heritage, AI has ...

Tutankhamun’s golden death mask. Photo: Stockphoto Press Portrait Service A photo from 2005 with a model of what King Tut probably looked like. King Tut suffered from necrosis in his left foot, DNA ...