Old private residences that stood at the site were refurbished into a lodge complex, which is named Cofunia after “kofun,” the Japanese word for ancient tumulus. Preliminary operations of the ...

This circular tumulus, 85 m in diameter and 12 m high ... This precise orientation is a hint that Newgrange was not just a tomb, but also a place of great cosmological significance.

Skeletal analysis at Tombos, an ancient Egyptian colonial settlement in Nubia, reveals a more complex labor and social ...

Plan of Tombos Cemetery (Highlighting the three main cemetery areas: North, West, and East; Illustrating examples of tumulus and pyramid burial structures). Credit: S. Schrader et al. In contrast, ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the tomb was decorated with inscriptions dedicated to Isis and Nephthys, goddesses of the afterlife.

In this Assassin's Creed Shadows walkthrough, we're taking you through the Veiled Tumulus Kofun in the Wakasa region. This is 1 of 10 Kofuns in AC Shadows. You will need to use Naoe to complete it.

The king’s mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year Eli Wizevich History Correspondent Before archaeologists confirmed the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the royal tomb of an unknown king who ruled the region during a tumultuous time 3,600 years ago. The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in ...

Another fascinating spot is the Saadian Tombs. They date to the 16th century and were built by the Saadian ruler Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur to show off his wealth. You can see beautiful carvings as ...

A collection of roughly made clay trays and wooden staffs found among the golden treasures of Tutankhamun’s tomb may offer the earliest evidence of an important ancient Egyptian royal funerary ...

The discovery of Thutmose II's tomb last week — the first burial of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh to be discovered within or near the Valley of the Kings since King Tutankhamun's tomb was found in ...