The wooden sarcophagus, dating from the Ptolemaic period (4th–3rd century BCE), is adorned with hieroglyphs identifying the former occupant as "Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered," which translates to "he who was ...

A Greco-Roman tomb discovered beneath a hidden staircase in southern Egypt is shedding light on ancient burial customs and the layered history of the region. At the base of nine worn stone steps in ...

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

Tucked away more than six feet underground, the tomb includes a roughly six-foot-tall limestone sarcophagus atop a rock-carved platform, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a ...

An archaeologist performs restorations on the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the restoration lab of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2020.

Buried in a Pot, Preserved by Time: Ancient Egyptian Skeleton Yields First Full Genome DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton reveals ancestry links between North Africa and the Fertile Crescent.

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered a Roman sarcophagus in Caesarea, which showing a drinking contest between Dionysus and Hercules. The find is the first of its kind in Israel.

Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed? Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered a Roman sarcophagus in Caesarea, which showing a drinking contest between Dionysus and Hercules. The find is the first of its kind in Israel ...

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.