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

On February 16, 1923, one of the most significant moments in archaeological history unfolded in Thebes, Egypt, as the English ...

In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

The opening of the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1923 has been followed by a trail of death and misfortune, with those who ...

February 16, 1923. The burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, is opened by archaeologist Howard Carter. Among the treasure trove of golden objects, funeral jewelry that is now on ...

The pharaoh's tomb was opened for the first time on February 16, 1923, by archaeologist Howard Carter ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was unsealed over 100 years ago, and since then many who disturbed the ancient burial chamber ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun — better known as King Tut — is at risk of being destroyed, but one researcher is working to save it. A 2025 study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal NPJ ...

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt Mostafa Elshemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty A ...