On July 23, a retiree who was vacationing at a seaside resort along the Black Sea in northern Bulgaria was walking down Varna ...

The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

But even The Simpsons couldn’t have predicted that researchers would stumble upon an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus lid with a ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

Among a collection of ancient tombs unearthed in 2024 stands a masterpiece: a sealed Iron Age sarcophagus. This extraordinary find, dating back to the 7th century BC to late 6th century BC ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs. But with no mummy left inside the identity of the fallen king remains a mystery. The ...

Experts believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside ... and wooden staffs positioned near Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus were important parts of the “Osirian ...

revealing treasure or a royal sarcophagus. No such luck—but that didn't diminish the mystery that enshrouds the ancient city in Guatemala. Founded in 200 B.C., it emerged as a regional ...

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The sarcophagus itself was visible from the hall ... An endowment covered the library’s operational expenses in ancient times, as well as annual commemorations on Celsus’ birthday, including ...

Pharaoh A ruler in Ancient Egypt. Sarcophagus A large decorative stone coffin in which a dead body was placed in ancient times. Sarcophagi is the plural term. Artefact A used item from the past ...