Ancient Egypt, one of the world’s oldest civilizations, is full of mysteries. From eerie Egyptian curses that make even the biggest skeptics feel uneasy to a bust that may or may not depict the ...

This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes the most powerful commentary on a king is made by those who are silent. One morning in Amarna, a village in ...

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

This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mummies capture our imaginations and our hearts. Full of secrets and magic, they were once people who lived and ...

Could another crypt as rich as King Tut's still lie buried in Egypt's fabled Valley of the Kings? "At first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flame to ...