Friday April 5 marks the 90th anniversary of the death of the Egyptologist Lord Canarvon and the start of the mysterious curse of Tutankhamen. But as the author and University of Manchester ...

On Nov. 4, 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in Egypt. On that day, historians note, British archaeologist Howard Carter pushed open the massive stone door leading to ...

In the first, Ay, Tutankhamen’s successor, performs the “opening of the mouth” ceremony on Tutankhamen, who is depicted as Osiris, lord of the underworld. In the middle scene, Tutankhamen ...

When British archaeologist Howard Carter entered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922, it had been mostly untouched for 3200 years. Flooding and debris from the construction of subsequent tombs in ...

In 1789, U.S. President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be Thanksgiving Day. It was the first U.S. holiday by ...