Contrary to what its name might suggest, the Alexander Sarcophagus, a marvel of Greek artistry, does not house the body of ...

Massive Sarcophagus Depicting 'Drinking Contest' Between Hercules and Dionysus Unearthed in Israel The Israel Antiquities ...

This sarcophagus offers an unusual perspective of the idea of death—not as an end, but as the beginning of a new path.” ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

Israeli archaeologists working at a site outside of Caesarea uncovered an exquisitely carved marble sarcophagus that had been ...

In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble sarcophagus which ...

Archaeologists believe that a wealthy family that enjoyed a rousing lifestyle commissioned the piece to reflect their ...

A team of restoration workers in Dijon, France, pulled up a section of stone flooring inside the Church of Saint Philibert ...

The pigment Egyptian blue was used in ancient Egypt and Rome, but the recipe was lost to time. Now, chemists have replicated ...

Dr Philip Nitschke, creator of controversial Sarco 'suicide pod', has received backlash over his plans to create a dementia ...

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

English explorer Howard Carter successfully unearthed the treasures of King Tutankhamun's tomb. This discovery is considered ...