Despite his reign lasting just 10 years, King Tutankhamun is often seen as Egypt's best-known pharaoh, not least because of the wealth of treasures—including the iconic solid gold death mask ...

The excavators suggested that the enigmatic statue may have served as a clothes dummy on which garments of the king could be draped or his jewelry ... the king’s death. Tutankhamun “may ...

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 ...

The pharaoh died at just 18 - but his cause of death ... them was Tutankhamun, who is believed to have been killed by a combination of malaria and health problems linked to royal inbreeding. The ...

One of the most famous items found in Tutankhamun's tomb was the distinctive Death Mask which was placed on the young King's face. The piece of art was mostly made of gold, making it weigh over 10 ...

Tutankhamun, popularly referred to as "King Tut" today, ruled from about 1332 B.C. until his death in about 1323 ... including furniture, jewelry, food, weapons, chariots and more.

Was Pharaoh Tutankhamun a “cast-off king”? Evidence shows that his shimmering golden death mask was made for someone else. The boy-king Tutankhamun is a relatively insignificant Pharaoh in ...

“I was sure the death mask was not specifically designed for King Tut,” says Fletcher. It’s not the first time this has been suggested. British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves released his ...

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally ... A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get King Tut’s burial chamber in order.

A re-examination of King Tutankhamun’s burial mask showed it wasn’t originally made for him ... based on DNA from mummified bones. A somewhat sudden death could have left officials scrambling to get ...