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Jun 10, 2013 01:45 PM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
The world-famous mummy gets a new exam showing head trauma caused his death. Continue reading →
Nov 10, 2009 08:51 AM ET // Rossella Lorenzi
Mysterious brown spots in the Tomb of Tutankhamun will be fully investigated during a five-year project to restore the burial of the boy King, Egypt's antiquities department announced today. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has partnered with the California-based Getty Conservation Ins...
Feb 22, 2010 01:52 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
New research shows that Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamun had a rough life: he suffered from malaria and deformed feet, two of his children were stillborn, and he died at the age of 19. Scientific analysis suggests that despite his status as royalty, his life seemed cursed. But was his death cursed...
Dec 6, 2012 01:03 PM ET // The DNews Editors
The unusual coffin consisted of four sarcophagi nested together like Russian dolls.
Mar 7, 2011 07:02 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
The recent looting of Egyptian artifacts raises thorny cultural questions of preserving history.