Even Tutankhamun—whose brief reign has been a subject of fascination since his tomb was discovered in 1922—issued a decree criticizing conditions under his father: “The land was in distress ...

Tutankhamun was born in around 1341BC—an unusual time in Ancient Egyptian history. His father, the so-called heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his stepmother, the famed Nefertiti, had been ruling ...

FatherAkhenaten KV55The identity of King Tut’s father has long been a mystery. One candidate is the heretic pharaoh, Akhenaten, who abandoned the gods of the state to worship a single deity.

Tutankhamun became pharaoh after the death of his father Akhenaten. Some people liked how Akhenaten ruled but others didn't. He outlawed all of the gods except for one called Aten. The people were ...

The famous death mask of Tutankhamun, the epitome of Ancient Egyptian heritage, is as well-known as the towering Pyramids themselves. The Boy King, who took the throne at just nine and ruled for a ...

Howard Carter, on his first peek into King Tut's tomb When I was about 12 years old, my father gave me a book he'd just finished called Gods, Graves, and Scholars. It retold the great stories of ...