Additional treasures found within the burial chamber are housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Research blasts myths about teenage pharaoh, indicates malaria may be to blame. Feb. 16, 2010— -- Years of DNA tests and CT scans on Egypt's famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, and his family have ...

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King Tutankhamun's tomb yielded a fascinating pair of sandals, intricately designed with depictions of his vanquished enemies ...

King Tutankhamun's golden mask displayed at the Egyptian museum in Cairo in 2009. Legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun was probably killed by the genetic blood disorder sickle cell disease, German scientists ...

CHICAGO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - King Tutankhamen, the teen-aged pharaoh whose Egyptian tomb yielded dazzling treasures, limped around on tender bones and a club foot and probably died from malaria, ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the ...

June 14, 2005 — -- Since the time his tomb was unearthed in the Valley of the Kings, scientists have wondered why King Tut died at the young age of 19. Was it illness? An accident? Or was it ...

The discovery of wooden staffs and clay trays near the sarcophagus of King Tut might be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the Awakening of Osiris. As its name suggests, this ritual is ...

CAIRO -- Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria and his ...

CAIRO -- Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, ...