New York City — In 1997, Walter Johnson was sentenced to five life terms for a robbery conviction at a time when he went by "King Tut" and was known as a notorious New York criminal. But 27 ...

Ancient Egypt, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, is full of mysteries. From eerie Egyptian curses that make even the biggest skeptics feel uneasy to a bust that may or may not depict the famous ...

Tutankhamun's tomb, discovered by archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings on Nov. 4, 1922, was found loaded with treasures. Some of those artifacts, like his death mask, are widely known.

It's the first royal Egyptian tomb to be discovered since King Tutankhamun's final resting place was found in 1922. A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission discovered Thutmose II's tomb in ...

including Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut. Thutmose, an ancestor of Tutankhamun, lived nearly 3,500 years ago. His wife, Queen Hatshepsut, was one of the few women known to have ruled Egypt.

The sale took place shortly after it was announced that the first ancient Egyptian royal tomb to be discovered in over a century, since King Tut’s, was recently unearthed. The last missing tomb ...

A relief of King Thutmose II. The finding is the largest since archeologists uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamun over a century ago. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The finding comes more ...

Thutmose II was an ancestor of King Tut who reigned from 1493 to 1479 BC. He was married to Queen Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule in her own right, and the father of King Thutmose III.

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo will be home to more than 100,000 artefacts, including King Tut's "cursed" iconic gold mask and sarcophagus. The museum covers an impressive 500,000 square feet ...