A dad took his son’s ancient Egypt school craft project extremely seriously – and built a life-size sarcophagus complete with a mummified pharaoh for $300. Richard Brigg, 47, knew he had quite the ...

The sarcophagus for many people has become synonymous with ancient burial rituals. The coffins were usually reserved for esteemed leaders and wealthy individuals, giving scientists much to learn with ...

CAIRO, Egypt - Archaeologists discovered an intricately carved plaster sarcophagus portraying a wide-eyed woman dressed in a tunic in a newly uncovered complex of tombs at a remote desert oasis, Egypt ...

GAZA (Reuters) - A Roman-era sarcophagus, likely to have belonged to a prominent individual, was uncovered at the site of a 2,000-year-old Roman cemetery discovered last year in the northern Gaza ...