On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun after his sarcophagus was discovered in a well-hidden tomb that had been preserved for over 3,000 ...
There was a big, six-ton sarcophagus. I had to ask myself ... NOVA: You've been excavating the tombs of the Pyramid builders. What have you found? Hawass: We've uncovered titles of the craftsmen ...
Experts wore face masks to open the sarcophagus, which released a terrible smell Three weeks ago, archaeologists in Egypt found a massive black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, untouched for ...
suggested that the pyramid’s builders had to alter their plans after realising that certain chambers wouldn’t take the weight of the burial sarcophagus. Dormion pointed to the existence of ...
the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid, by his son and successor Djedefre. For four and a half millennia, it lay undisturbed in its limestone sarcophagus. In 1954, Egyptian archeologist Kamal el ...
On December 16, a team of French Egyptologists discovered a reburied Middle Kingdom sarcophagus at the Luxor complex, at the very end of their two-month mission, according to La Croix.
An ancient Roman sarcophagus has been excavated from a building site in central London. The 1,600-year-old coffin found near Borough Market is thought to contain the remains of a member of nobility.
high up in the pyramid at the end of the Grand Gallery. This third chamber is the most important. It was built as the final resting place of the king, and inside it is the great stone sarcophagus ...