A toxic fungus determined to be behind the "curse" of Tutankhamun’s tomb can help fight cancer, scientists believe. The deadly mould, Aspergillus flavus, often grows in long-sealed tombs and can ...

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

When the beard fell off the boy pharaoh's funerary mask in August 2014 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, employees tried to reattach it with glue. When the botched restoration was noticed it made ...

In news that will devastate every Scooby-Doo villain and History Channel intern, it turns out the infamous “Curse of King Tut ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter, but several members of the excavation team, ...

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

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy ...

Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...

"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long after the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922, several archaeologists and ...

Scientists find cancer-fighting properties in fungus from King Tut's tomb, offering hope for new leukemia treatments.

The deadly fungus credited with killing the archaeologists that opened the tomb of King Tut might become a treatment for cancer ...

The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died well before their 40th birthday and he was on the throne for two or three ...