King Tut, often referred to as the "boy king," ascended the throne at around 9 or 10 years and ruled for approximately a ...

Our Buzz summer interns Anna Galan, Gia Gaston, and Natalie French recently explored the Houston Museum of Natural Science's ...

Just over 100 years ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the golden tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died more than 3000 years ago, surrounded by all his treasures.

Since then, the golden coffin and the mummy of Ramses have been exhibited in museums around the world. It remains unclear whether the fragment of the sarcophagus, which is currently stored in ...

One of the most amazing items was King Tutankhamun's golden mask, which weighed a whopping ten kilograms and was found on his mummified body in the innermost coffin. Tutankhamun became pharaoh ...

AN IRISH gangster has been laid to rest in a golden coffin with tributes calling him the "real Pablo". Father-of-one and career criminal Stephen O'Reilly, who was in his 30s, died after a single ...

Ramses II was found in a wood coffin, one not designed to house the ruler. The casket, though ornate, was far from the now-lost golden coffin he was originally buried in, which was nested within ...

The DVD companion to the museum exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs walks through the entire exhibition up close and in great detail Looking beyond the shimmering gold and ...