A sarcophagus found buried 20 feet under the church of Saint Nicholas is set to get carbon dating to reveal if it is indeed the final resting place of the…
The mystery surrounding a stolen ancient golden Egyptian sarcophagus that was sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City using forged export documents has been solved with…
A 2,400-year-old sarcophagus containing the bodies of a man and a woman together with a pot of gold had a covering on it that was so heavy it needed a…
A 1,700-year-old sarcophagus from the Roman period has been found on the outside wall of a house in Turkey. The ornate marble stone from the 3rd century AD was found…
A shocked archaeologist raised the alarm when he discovered that a stone edifice being used as a seat by drivers at a local taxi stand was actually a 2000-year-old Roman…
An incredibly well-preserved limestone sarcophagus and numerous funeral statuettes known as ushabti have been discovered by Egyptian archaeologists. The find at the Gharaifa site in Tuna al-Jabal near the city…