According to the State Office for Heritage Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt, the coffin contains "a mixture of ...

The most notable artifact happened to be a 3,500-year-old sarcophagus lid painted with an image of a figure that resembles Marge Simpson, the family matriarch from the popular television show The ...

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.

The sarcophagus lid was looted from the Abusir necropolis south of Cairo then transported to the US in 2008, eventually making its way to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2013, according to ...

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) is one ...

The sarcophagus belonging to Saint Nicholas, the man behind the legend of Santa Claus, is believed to have been uncovered in Turkey during excavation. ... The lid has a handle, ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in ...

The limestone sarcophagus measures 6-feet long and about 5-feet in depth, has a pitched lid, and was buried about 6-feet underground. DHA. Saint Nicholas’ bones were thought to have been in ...

The sarcophagus lid was looted from the Abusir necropolis south of Cairo then transported to the US in 2008, eventually making its way to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in 2013, ...