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Archaeology Jun 11, 2019

Egypt demands Christie's halt auction of King Tut statue

Egypt has tried to halt the auction of a 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of the famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at Christie's in London, while the auction house said its sale was legal.

Archaeology May 9, 2019

Britain's answer to 'King Tut's tomb' found on roadside

Excited archeologists on Thursday hailed an ancient burial site found on the side of a road near a pub and a budget supermarket as Britain's answer to the tomb of Egypt's King Tutankhamun.

Archaeology Apr 27, 2019

Egyptologist in Canada presents theory of two queen rule before Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun, the boy king of ancient Egypt, came to power only after two of his sisters jointly held the throne, according to an Egyptologist at Canada's Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM).

Archaeology Apr 1, 2019

How 3D printing is transforming our relationship with cultural heritage

A few years ago, we were promised that 3D printing would transform the world. In 2011, The Economist featured a 3D-printed Stradivarius violin on its front page, claiming that 3D printing "may have as profound an impact on ...

Archaeology Jan 31, 2019

Tomb savers: Conservationists unveil work on Tutankhamun grave

After almost a decade, a team of international experts on Thursday revealed the results of their painstaking work to preserve the tomb of Egypt's legendary Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

Archaeology Oct 12, 2018

'Heavenly Bodies' sets heavenly record at Met Museum

Fashion and Catholicism have trumped King Tut.

Archaeology May 6, 2018

Tests show no hidden Tutankhamun chambers: ministry

Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Sunday that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

Archaeology Feb 3, 2018

Egypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the country's famed pyramids at the Giza plateau just outside Cairo, the Antiquities Ministry said Saturday, the latest discovery that authorities hope will ...

Archaeology Feb 1, 2018

Egypt starts radar scans for secret rooms behind Tut's tomb

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists are starting radar scans of the tomb of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun in the southern city of Luxor.

Archaeology Jan 25, 2018

Egypt places colossus of Ramses II in atrium of new museum (Update)

With much fanfare, Egypt on Thursday placed the ancient statue of one of its most famous pharaohs, Ramses II, in the entrance hall of a new antiquities' museum under construction near the pyramids of Giza, just outside Cairo.

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