Was King Tut’s Tomb Filled With Opiates? Yale Study Unlocks Ancient Secret

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Tutankhamun: How Englishmen uncovered the boy-king

The tomb of the former boy-king was discovered in 1922 by English archaeologist Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon ...

King Tut’s Tomb Is at Risk of Collapsing — Here's What One Scientist Is Doing to Try to Save It

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt ...
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How the Mummy in King Tut’s Tomb Might Not Be King Tut at All

When Howard Carter uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the world believed it had witnessed the greatest archaeological ...
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Traces of Ancient Opium Found in a 2,500-Year-Old Egyptian Vase Linked to ‘King of Kings’ Xerxes

A 22-centimeter alabaster vase, inscribed to the Persian king Xerxes I, has revealed that narcotics were part of everyday ...

King Tut's Collection Displayed For First Time At Egypt's Grand Museum

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 ...

King Tut's collection unveiled at GEM

CAIRO: Thousands of visitors streamed through the Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday as almost the entire collection of King ...

Tutankhamun Was Decapitated: the Excavation's Dark Truth

November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun’s mummified remains. What followed wasn’t scientific triumph – it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, ...

2,500-Year-Old Jar May Reveal Secret About Ancient Egyptian King

This suggests similar alabaster vessels from the time period—often made from soft calcite stone and used for perfumes and ...
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World’s biggest museum FINALLY opens for public to gaze at dazzling rooms of ancient gold… & ‘cursed’ coffin of King Tut

The museum was plagued by a spate of delays, most notably in 2011 during the Arab Spring THE world’s biggest museum has finally opened to the public – with the incredible gallery boasting rooms of ...

Bombshell new details emerge on Tutankhamun’s mutilation and ‘Pharaoh’s curse’

Eleanor Dobson, researcher in Egyptology, revealed that Howard and his team beheaded and mutilated the mummy to remove it ...