Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minster said on Saturday archaeologists have unearthed dozens of ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. Khalid el-Anany said at least 59 sealed sarcophagi ...

People look at ancient sarcophagi on display, discovered in a vast necropolis in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt.AP Mostafa Waziri, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities speaks about an ...

Ancient Egyptian coffin dating to 650 BC restored after 26 years. Coffin's history in the UK is unclear; once used as a storage box. Set to be displayed at Swansea University's Egypt Center. An ...

A coffin that was used to bury an Egyptian child named Paneferneb between about 1295 and 1186 B.C.E., which has been in the hands of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston since 1985, has been returned to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A metal coffin shaped like a lizard. For thousands of years, six ancient Egyptian coffins have been sealed to the outside world, ...

An ancient wooden sarcophagus was finally returned to Egypt after U.S. officials determined it had been looted over a decade ago. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said in September the "Green ...

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CAIRO - Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south ...