Nine steps down a stone staircase in Egypt’s Aga Khan Mausoleum, archaeologists discovered a host of hieroglyphic ...

Inside the tomb, archaeologists found a limestone sarcophagus approximately two meters in height, placed on a base carved directly into the mountain rock. The lid is sculpted with detailed human ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

“The lid of the sarcophagus was broken diagonally, and the missing part was found in the corner of the chamber. It has been restored to its original position.

A joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological team has made a significant discovery in the necropolis surrounding the Aga Khan ...

The State Office for Heritage Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt and the Culture Foundation Saxony-Anhalt said the centuries-old tomb of Otto I in Magdeburg Cathedral was placed under full ...

A joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission, led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Milan, ...

Lifting the Lid The sarcophagus itself was chiseled out of a single block of limestone and covered with a heavy flagstone. When it was placed in the tomb, it would probably have been painted red.

A joint Egyptian-Italian team discovered Graeco-Roman tombs with intact mummies and hieroglyphics near Aswan’s Aga Khan ...