Tutankhamun facts

He is one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, but how much do you really know about the young ruler?

The tomb of the boy king

Explore the final resting place of the so-called ‘boy king’, whose discovery in 1922 remains one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds

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Continue your journey into ancient Egypt with our pick of books, podcasts and television programmes to investigate next

What great paintings say

We explore the enduring mystery behind Grant Wood’s American Gothic – one of the world’s most parodied works of art

Bans on women

From pints to property, we look at eight unusual bans that have been imposed on members of the ‘fairer sex’