When Howard Carter peered through a small opening in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, he wasn’t just looking at gold that had ...

A suitcase, believed to have belonged to the explorer who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb, was found under a bed and sold at auction for £12,000, ($15,000), skyrocketing over its presale estimate of ...

On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun after his sarcophagus was discovered in a well-hidden tomb that had been preserved for over 3,000 years, ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1777, the Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Princeton, N.J. In 1870, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, designed ...

"Yes, wonderful things!" Those three words changed everything. Howard Carter's persistence paid off spectacularly after years of searching Egypt's dusty Valley of the Kings. His grand discovery ...

Luxor city celebrates the re-opening of the house of the British archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter after its renovation by the American Research Center in Egypt. Carter discovered the ...

A century ago, the mummified body of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was unwrapped for the first time - having been entombed thousands of years before. To mark the hundred-year anniversary, a ...