Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues , The Laburnum Top & The Voice of the Rain

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Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter after years of futile searching. It was important because its contents were the richest royal collection ever found and gave major clues about King T…

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King Tut was Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh of Egypt. He was the last heir of a powerful family, died in his late teens, and reigned for about nine years before dying unexpectedly.

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Computed tomography is a diagnostic imaging technique that uses cross-sectional X-rays to create a three-dimensional virtual body. In Tut’s case, it helped study the mummy without invasive surgery and…

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Tut’s mummy was in very bad condition because Howard Carter cut it free from the coffin in the 1920s. The hardened resins had cemented it to the bottom of the gold coffin, and the removal damaged the …

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Funerary treasures are valuable objects placed with the dead person for the afterlife. Tut was buried with gold ornaments as well as everyday things like board games, a bronze razor, linen undergarmen…

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Carter had little choice because the ritual resins had hardened and glued the mummy to the coffin. If he had not removed it, thieves would most likely have damaged it further while trying to take the …

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Archaeology became less focused on treasure and more focused on the details of life and the mysteries of death. It also began using medical technology such as X-rays and CT scanning to study remains m…

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Amenhotep IV was the ruler who later changed his name to Akhenaten, meaning 'servant of the Aten.' He promoted worship of Aten, moved the capital to Akhetaten, and attacked Amun by smashing images and…