Tutankhamun’s golden death mask. Photo: Stockphoto Press Portrait Service A photo from 2005 with a model of what King Tut probably looked like. King Tut suffered from necrosis in his left foot ...

Among them was Tutankhamun, who is believed to have been killed by a combination of malaria and health problems linked to royal inbreeding. The golden funerary mask of ancient Egyptian King ...

A recent DNA analysis has brought experts closer to understanding what killed King Tutankhamun, revealing genetic evidence that his premature death was partly due to repeated malaria attacks.

Information about King Tut's parents was revealed after decades of speculation and two years of intense DNA testing and scans. The late king died around 1323 BC at the age of 18 or 19, having come ...

Tutankhamun's burial mask is made of gold and precious stones. Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with ...

When someone says “It’s all gone to Hell in a handbasket,” what they mean is that everything is utterly and irredeemably ruined. But why Hell? And why a handbasket, of all things? Going to ...