A sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in an Egyptian burial chamber came with a complicated history: Ancient writing on the stone container showed that it had been used twice, but while its second occupant ...

A fragment of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II. Photo: Kevin Cahail An engraved stone slab found under a Coptic building in Abydos, Egypt, is part of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to a team ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a rare sarcophagus featuring a slender face and a scarab ring inscribed with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, Israel’s Antiquities Authority said ...

The artifact was unearthed under the floor of a Coptic structure in 2009, though its owner remained a mystery. From its decoration, researchers were only able to pinpoint that it had been used to ...

A sarcophagus that contained the mummified remains of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses the Great is part of an exhibition that’s getting an extended run in Japan’s capital city. Ramses the Great and the Gold ...

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that experts say has also solved a "long-standing ...

The massive tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III is now ready for visitors as it reopened in Egypt after decades of renovation. The Valley of the Kings site was made public after an international restoration ...

Egypt on Saturday opened the tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian ...

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