Tutankhamun was only 9 years old when he came to power as Pharaoh of Egypt in 1332 B.C., which is well within the age range ...

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

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In 2011, the United States launched an Atlas V rocket to look for life on Mars. Aboard was the rover Curiosity, which would ...

A photoshop artist reconstructed the face of Queen Tiye, the grandmother of King Tut, from her 3,000-year-old mummified ...

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Pharaoh Pepi II (pictured here on his mother’s lap) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who reigned from 2278 until around 2247 ...

In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.

Viking Hathor’s ceremonial godfather is Edward Herbert, whose great-great-grandfather was Howard Carter’s benefactor and co-explorer. Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen near Luxor 102 ...

Edward’s great-great-grandfather, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was Howard Carter’s benefactor and co-explorer, whose excavation uncovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen near Luxor almost exactly ...

Edward’s great-great-grandfather, the 5 th Earl of Carnarvon, spent 16 years working in Luxor and later in 1922, with his colleague Howard Carter, discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen.

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 ...