An overlooked feature on King Tutankhamun's death mask has revealed how the young ruler was buried. King Tut ruled during Egypt's 18th Dynasty, from 1332 BC to 1323 BC before he died at 19.

King Tut is sometimes called the "boy king" because he ascended the throne at age 9 or 10, in the 14th century B.C. He died about a decade later.

Feb. 16, 2010— -- Years of DNA tests and CT scans on Egypt's famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, and his family have yielded surprising results revealing how he died at the young age of 19, and ...

"Tales of Terror: The Curse of King Tut" follows the curse-laden mysteries surrounding those involved in discovering and excavating King Tut's tomb and the media frenzy that followed.

Archaeologists have weaved elaborate tales of intrigue and deceit about the death at age 19 of Egypt’s fabled boy king Tutankhamen, with theories that include poisoning by his regent, Aye, and a ...

King Tut's mummy burial chamber was discovered virtually intact back in 1922 by Egyptologist Howard Carter, and more than 80 years later people are still flocking to see the contents of the tomb.

“I was sure the death mask was not specifically designed for King Tut,” says Fletcher. 4 The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamun in his burial chamber is seen in the Valley of the Kings, in ...

King Tutankhamun was just a teenager when he died. For an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, presumably well fed and fiercely protected, this was a premature demise. It was also momentous, for his death ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - King Tut wasn't murdered by a blow to the head, nor was his chest crushed in an accident. But after ruling out those longtime theories, the most revealing tests ever performed ...

Tut, who became pharaoh at age 10 in 1333 B.C., ruled for just nine years at a pivotal time in Egypt’s history. Speculation has long swirled over his death at 19.