Archaeologists in Egypt pried open a mysterious, 2,000-year-old sarcophagus found in the port city of Alexandria earlier this month. While some had thought the sarcophagus may contain royalty ...

Experts wore face masks to open the sarcophagus, which released a terrible smell Three weeks ago, archaeologists in Egypt found a massive black granite sarcophagus in Alexandria, untouched for ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus featuring an image strikingly similar to Marge Simpson, one of the most iconic characters from the popular animated series ...

Mummified human remains and a sarcophagus are among the ancient objects that an Irish university says it plans to repatriate to Egypt. All of the artefacts being returned by the University College ...