Tutankhamen's

Most Iraqis know of and revere their iconic sites such as Babylon, Ur and Nimrud; in the same way Egyptians revere the Pyramids, Luxor and Tutankhamen's tomb.

Larry Coben: Why Egyptians Preserve Their Cultural Heritage Larry Coben 2011

Most Iraqis know of and revere their iconic sites such as Babylon, Ur and Nimrud; in the same way Egyptians revere the Pyramids, Luxor and Tutankhamen's tomb.

Larry Coben: Why Egyptians Preserve Their Cultural Heritage Larry Coben 2011

Among the big things we saw at the museum were Tutankhamen's gold masks and sarcophagi, the actual mummies of Ramses II and many other kings and queens of ancient Egypt, a collection of various royal jewelry, and a replica of the Rosetta Stone the original being at the British Museum.

For the want of fish and chips shunn 2008

Among the big things we saw at the museum were Tutankhamen's gold masks and sarcophagi, the actual mummies of Ramses II and many other kings and queens of ancient Egypt, a collection of various royal jewelry, and a replica of the Rosetta Stone the original being at the British Museum.

For the want of fish and chips shunn 2008

  The site was a monument as long ago as the time of the first Egyptian pyramids, and its final design is as old as Tutankhamen's tomb.

Secrets of the Circle 2008

On this day in 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter opened the sealed doorway to the sepulchral chamber of King Tutankhamen's tomb in Thebes, Egypt.

Opened This Day: Tutankhamen's Tomb Staq Mavlen 2007

I had heard some criticisms of it--the timed tickets were a pain; they don't have Tutankhamen's mummy--but I thought it was well-done and worth seeing.

It's not that I don't love you... bluemonster 2007

Also, if you know anything about mummies, you'll know that Tutankhamen's isn't very notable, and that the University Museum has some good ones--so the lack of mummy isn't a real loss.

It's not that I don't love you... bluemonster 2007

If other Muslims followed the Omar principle, there would be no Sphinx or Tutankhamen's golden statuary in Egypt, none of the exquisite -- and historically important -- sculpture of Persepolis in Iran, nor of Babylon and Nineveh in Iraq, none of the myriad antiquities in Turkey, no Borobudur, the vast Buddhist temple in Indonesia.

'And Now They're Rubble' 2007

On this day in 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter opened the sealed doorway to the sepulchral chamber of King Tutankhamen's tomb in Thebes, Egypt.

Archive 2007-02-01 Staq Mavlen 2007