In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the ...

Kirsty Masterman discovers a wealth of history – and Cairo’s famous street food – in the Egyptian capital.

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Late morning on a squally Thursday in Kensington, and Piers Morgan is at home, tracksuited and recumbent in his armchair.

Among the sandals discovered in Tut's tomb is a pair whose insoles were decorated with images of the boy king's enemies.

The so-called curse of King Tut emerged largely from media sensationalism following the discovery of his tomb in 1922. Deaths ...

King Tutankhamun's tomb yielded a fascinating pair of sandals, intricately designed with depictions of his vanquished enemies ...

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

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