As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

Could a legendary tomb curse become a medical miracle? Scientists may have reengineered Aspergillus flavus, linked to King ...

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

"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.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

King Tut’s infamous tomb likely wasn’t his, new research reveals By . ... “It now seems as if Tutankhamun’s own face was effectively grafted onto the mask of the previous ruler ...

The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

Dr. David Silverman is curator of the nationally touring King Tutankhamun exhibit soon to open at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Dr. Silverman curated the original King Tut traveling exhibit in the ...