The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned a handful of odds and ends found in King Tut's tomb to their home in Egypt, after the museum determined that it had no rights to hang on to the antiquities. more ›

Kanye West's favorite King (Tutankhamun, obvs) has been reunited with his chariot, which was unveiled at his Times Square exhibit yesterday—this is the first time it's traveled outside of Egypt. The chariot was found in his tomb, and is believed to have been used by Tut... in fact, it may have been the very instrument of his death. According to exhibit's organizers, "of the six chariots that archeologist Howard Carter discovered in King Tut’s tomb in 1922, this object from the Antechamber is unique; it is the only one that shows signs of use in life. It has a simpler and lighter construction than the other chariots found in the tomb, and may have served the young king as a traveling chariot, on the battlefield, or even in hunting expeditions. There is a possibility King Tut may have died after a fall from this very chariot." more ›

Kanye West just did a better job at visiting the King Tut exhibition than you. Seriously, what did you wear when you went to pay your respects to Tutankhamun? The exhibit's organizers tell us West came in "wearing some great Egyptian bling—including a pyramid ring [we hear it's a 4-finger $3,000 ring] and a pendant of Horus, the Egyptian god of the sky." Here he is pictured stealing the thunder of King Tut's great-grandmother Tjuya in her paltry golden coffin. (And if you haven't stopped by the Times Square exhibit yet, you have until January 2nd.) more ›

As mentioned in our indispensable daily events newsletter, the 25-foot Egyptian god Anubis has taken over New York waters today. Officials insist this isn't some sort of Trojan Horse trick or signal that we are all going to be mummified soon—it's merely a promotional tool for the upcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibit (tickets on sale today!). The last time Tutmania hit the city was in 1979, when 1.8 million visitors flocked to see his treasures... and Steve Martin addressed the phenomena on Saturday Night Live, calling it a "national disgrace the way we have commercialized it with trinkets and toys, t-shirts and posters." Watch: more ›

Many look at Woodlawn Cemetery as more than just a graveyard. The NY Times reports this will be true on another level soon as the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, who took title of the cemetery archives a year ago, is now receiving "the family correspondence that illuminates the backgrounds of the dead and their mourners." more ›