King Tut

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• 11/13/2022
  

  A Hundred Years On, Tutankhamun's Alleged Curse Still Captivates

  by Gill Paul

  The fevered belief that visitors to Tutankhamun's tomb (and their families) were cursed became a media phenomenon in 1922, but popular culture from the Bible to Victorian serial stories and stage plays had already linked mummies and the supernatural. Today, curses persist alongside conspiracy theories to help ease the randomness of tragedy.

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• 7/18/2021
  

  1920s "Tutmania" and its Enduring Echoes

  by Gill Paul

  A remarkable confluence of events and circumstances launched a cultural mania for ancient Egypt in Britain and the US with the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  5-7-18
  

  There’s no secret chamber in King Tut’s tomb after all, researchers conclude

  Researchers said there is no secret chambers beyond King Tutankhamen's tomb, which archaeologists had hoped was Queen Nefertiti's final resting place.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-2-16
  

  King Tut’s Dagger Made of ‘Iron From the Sky,’ Researchers Say

  The iron blade of an ornate dagger buried in Egypt with King Tutankhamen probably came from a fallen meteorite, researchers have determined — a form of metal so prized by ancient Egyptians that they called it “iron from the sky.”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-17-16
  

  Tomb Radar: King Tut's Burial Chamber Shows Hidden Rooms

  Radar scans of King Tutankhamun's burial chamber have revealed two hidden rooms, a tantalizing discovery that could resolve a mystery as old as the pyramids: What was the fate of Egypt's beautiful Queen Nefertiti?

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• 5-15-15
  

  King Tut: The 3,300 Year Old Greatest Show on Earth

  by Bruce Chadwick

  The boy Pharaoh from the Valley of the Kings retains his star persona and remains the number one entertainment attraction in America.

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• SOURCE: The History Blog
  1-27-15 (accessed)
  

  Tut’s beard glued back on like a bad craft project

  The false beard on the gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, probably the single most recognizable ancient artifact in the world, had come off and was reattached with a sloppy mess of irreversible epoxy glue.

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  12-15-14
  

  Beads Found In Danish Grave Linked To King Tut's Death Mask

  After taking a new look at a pair of ancient cobalt beads, archaeologists now believe these Bronze Age artifacts may have been manufactured in the same workshop as the blue glass on King Tut’s death mask.

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• SOURCE: The Independent
  11-4-13
  

  Solved: The Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Death

  Crash injuries suggest he was the first of the boy racers