Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb in Turkey that was sealed off to protect the living from the dead.
His tomb's discovery was one of the most significant in all of Egyptology, but what do we actually know about King Tut ?
Archaeologists have unearthed one of the most important discoveries of recent years - a huge tunnel beneath a temple in Egypt.
The tomb of St Nicholas - the real-life inspiration behind Santa Claus - lived and died around 1,700 years ago.
Nicholas Reeves still believes that the entrance to Nefertiti's tomb lies somewhere within King Tut's burial chamber.
The famed Egyptologist maintains that he has solved the millennia-old mystery of Nefertiti's whereabouts.
A previously unpublished letter seems to support the idea that the tomb's discoverer made off with some of its contents.
Archaeologists are preparing to explore what lies inside a 5,000-year-old tomb known as Arthur's stone.
The discovery, which dates back to the 14th-Century, has been described as 'remarkable'.
A 4,300-year-old dagger found in the boy king's tomb may have originated from a different country entirely.
An enigmatic stone tomb in England known as Arthur's Stone is now thought to predate Stonehenge.
Archaeologists discovered the tombs at the Al-Hamidiyah cemetery in the desert 240 miles southeast of Cairo.
Scientists in Russia have painstakingly reconstructed the face of a Scythian king found in a tomb in East Siberia.
You can now check out the 5,000-year-old interior of Queen Meresankh III's tomb and it's completely free.
A new radar survey of the young pharaoh's tomb has revealed the possible existence of a hidden room.
The L-shaped necropolis, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty, was discovered near Saqqara last month.
Tomb robbers may have deliberately defaced statues and artwork to prevent spirits from seeking revenge.
The decade-long process of restoring and reinforcing the 3,000-year-old tomb has finally been completed.
Conservationists have uncovered stone carvings dating back 600 years on the tomb of a medieval bishop.
A remarkably well preserved 4,400-year-old tomb has been discovered in the ancient city of Saqqara.