Relief of Thutmose III in the Karnak temple complex – credit Wmpearl, CC 0.0 King Tutankhamon is famous for many things, but what most know about the discovery of his unlooted tomb is that it ...

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...

Not since Howard Carter located the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun in 1922 had such a site been found. There was only one problem: the pharaoh’s body wasn’t in the tomb. Now, the ...

The stuff of dreams for any archaeologist, Piers Litherland and his team, working on a British-Egyptian excavation, might have stumbled upon the second tomb of King Thutmose II in the Western ...

Last week, researchers unearthed the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the final missing royal burial of Ancient Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty, marking the first discovery of its kind since King ...

The UK archaeologist behind the recent discovery of a tomb belonging to the pharaoh Thutmose II says he has discovered the location of a possible second tomb. Piers Litherland believes this latest ...

At Newgrange, visitors gather at the ancient tomb to celebrate and experience the illumination of this ancient tomb passage." READ NEXT: Galway woman claims €7 Million Lotto Jackpot with 25-year-old ...

Over the years many theories about the meaning, if any, of the patterns have been put forward. Many of the designs match those at passage tombs like Newgrange and some in Brittany and would have taken ...

Philip said: "Next Wednesday this passage tomb in Kilkenny will be as perfectly illuminated by the winter solstice sun as Newgrange … but both at sunset and sunrise. I visited today for ...

The solar alignment of the passage tomb at Newgrange to face the rising sun on winter solstice is a significant astronomical finding of global importance. Originally re-discovered by Professor Michael ...