The discovery of the “Marge Simpson” sarcophagus was announced in October 2023, but news of the find didn’t take off until June 2024, when a photograph of the sarcophagus lid went viral.

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

Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign ...

The sarcophagus is strikingly similar to the ones used in the fourth century. (Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey) The lid has a handle, Findik said, and the underground ...

DHA The limestone sarcophagus measures 6-feet long and about 5-feet in depth, has a pitched lid, and was buried about 6-feet underground, Heritage Daily reports. “Our biggest hope is to find an ...

Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said was smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister ...

Egyptian authorities announced the recovery of a heavy sarcophagus lid from the United States on Monday at a ceremony in Cairo. The sarcophagus, which at 500 kilograms (about 1,100 pounds ...

Cairo (AFP) – Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States.