Tutankhamen (reigned 1361-1352 BC), the twelfth King of the Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty, became the most famous of the Pharaohs when his treasure-filled tomb was discovered in the 20th century. The parentage of Tutankhamen is unknown. When he became...

Howard Carter (1873-1939) and Lord Carnarvon (1866-1923) opened a window to the past when they discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in 1922. Dating from 1300 B.C., the tomb is the only one of an Egyptian pharaoh to survive essentially intact....

Nebkheperure Tutankhamun (alternately spelled with Tutenkh-, -amen, -amon), Egyptian twt-ˁnḫ-ı͗mn; *tuwt-ʕankh-yamān (1341 BC – 1323 BC) was a Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty (ruled 1333 BC – 1322 BC in the conventional chronology), during...

Discovering Tutankhamun Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue Through April 29 Best in Show Mummies Dearest With their sumptuous lighting, exquisite detail, and adroit compositions, Harry Burton's gelatin-silver prints of Tutankhamun's tomb easily surpass the gothic melodrama...

THE GENERAL understanding of the life and career of Howard Carter is dominated by his discovery in 1922 of the tomb of Tutankhamun. It is sometime overlooked that by this time he had already spent nearly 30 years in Egypt, much of it...

King Tutankhamun became perhaps world's the oldest media darling when British archaeologists discovered his approximately 3,300-year-old tomb in 1922.A display of his treasures set traveling show attendance records when it went on nationwide tour in the '70s. Starting Saturday, The Franklin Institute will try to...

A giant statue of the ancient Egyptian god of the dead floated down the Thames on Monday, turning heads as it crossed under London's Tower Bridge.The 25-foot fiberglass representation of the jackal-headed god was taken down the river on the back of a cargo ship...

Events surrounding the discover of King Tutahamen's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922.

This essay examines what Tutankahum's tomb tells us about life and death in New Kingdom Egypt. The fact that the tomb was intact gave us our first real look at the life and death of New Kingdom Egyptians. From it, much can be learned about the way of life in Egypt during that time period.

Essay provides a description of the Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamun.