The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

The legendary pharaoh’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with thousands of priceless artifacts — some of which experts now believe were previously overlooked.

While not proven, King Tut was believed to have a club foot, cleft palate, bone disease and scoliosis. Some experts have ...

and a susceptibility to disease, which likely contributed to his early death. One of the more peculiar discoveries about King Tut was that he was mummified with an erection, a possible symbolic ...

This was not a king who held a staff just as a symbol of power. This was a young man who needed a cane to walk. Tutankhamun's bone disease was crippling, but on its own would not have been fatal.

If you can’t make it to Egypt, head to Washington, D.C., where “Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures” puts visitors inside the artifact-stuffed rooms of King Tut’s tomb. It’s been a ...