Six ancient Egyptian coffins were sealed, and their contents were unknown to researchers and were housed at the British Museum in London. Recent utilization of advanced technology allowed them to ...

Archaeologists in Saqqara make a dazzling discovery: a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a "tambora," a technology that ...

This wooden painted coffin is for a male priest of the god Amun, the god of universal power, who was the main god at Thebes,with a temple at the Karnak complex(modern ...

The mummified remains of Ti Ameny Net have resided on the University of Richmond campus for decades. Her journey from Egypt ...

A trove of ancient artifacts was revealed by Egyptian archaeologists this week and includes 150 bronze statues and 250 coffins dating back 2,500 years. The treasures were recently found at the ...

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...

CAIRO, April 18. /TASS/. Archaeologists have discovered several sarcophagi and more than 1,000 various artifacts dating back to ancient Egyptian times near the country’s southern city of Luxor ...

YOSHINOGARI, Saga Prefecture--A grave with a stone coffin around 2.3 meters long and dating to the latter part of the Yayoi Period (c. 1000 B.C.-250 A.D.) was unearthed at a major archaeological ...

Pharaoh A ruler in Ancient Egypt. Sarcophagus A large decorative stone coffin in which a dead body was placed in ancient times. Sarcophagi is the plural term. Artefact A used item from the past ...