Sarcophagus

A Roman-era sarcophagus was unearthed in northeastern France, while archaeologists were working at an old burial place. No one had opened or removed anything from the sarcophagus. It is thought to be from around the second century A.D. The ancient...

In a discovery, hailed by archaeologists as ground-breaking, a magnificent Egyptian sarcophagus has been unearthed at Saqqara near Cairo, Egypt after being buried in sand in its underground burial chamber for thousands of years. The granite sarcophagus is covered with...

The mystery sarcophagus discovered beneath the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris last month is set to reveal its secrets very soon.

During a news conference on Saturday, Egyptian antiquities officials announced stunning new finds at the burial site of Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country's capital. In what many consider one of the most important finds in recent memory, archaeologists...