Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took ...

Out of all the Egyptian pharaohs whose tombs have been discovered over the years, King Tutankhamun's tomb remains one of the ...

Under 16 tons of granite, a farmer sleeps with a mystery at one of the most grandiose burial monuments in rural America.

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

In a study published in Science Advances, scientists have used new lithium isotope (δ 7 Li) data to show that continental clay export promoted organic carbon burial and thus atmospheric ...

The custom of piling clay as mounds on tombs and planting trees nearby developed into a system for burial mainly among the ruling classes. Mounds on imperial tombs evolved through three main ...

Archaeologists uncovered a Roman gladiator’s tomb in ancient Liternum shedding light on burial customs and daily life in ...

A recent study, conducted by Dr. Sara Juengst and her colleagues and published in Latin American Antiquity, sheds light on a unique Manteño (AD 650–1532) burial, possibly linked to human sacrifice.