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Archaeologists unearthed 210 sarcophagi in an Egyptian city of the dead. They'd remained undisturbed for at least 2,500 years.

A sarcophagus found near Queen Nearit's funerary temple in Saqqara, which was unveiled on January 17, 2021. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/GETTY Over the last four months, archaeologists have found at least 210 ...
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Stone sarcophagi went unopened for 600 years — until now. See what was found inside

Century after century, conversations echoed against the archways of a monastery in Spain. Footsteps shuffled through. Sunlight came and went. Throughout it all, several stone sarcophagi sat in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Construction at Israeli Safari Park Unearths 1,800-Year-Old Sarcophagi

Workers building a new wing of the wildlife hospital at Ramat Gan Safari Park in Tel Aviv recently stumbled onto two 1,800-year-old sarcophagi. As it turns out, the huge stone coffins had been ...
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Archaeologists Have Unearthed More Than 100 Painted Sarcophagi—Some With Mummies Intact—in an Ancient Necropolis Near Cairo

Ancient Egypt is yielding some not-so-ancient discoveries. Archaeologists recently excavated more than 100 painted sarcophagi—some of which hold mummies—in Saqqara, an ancient burial ground south of ...
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Egyptian tomb in Saqqara necropolis found to contain huge cache of sealed sarcophagi

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered almost 30 sarcophagi believed to have been buried for around 2,500 years, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The cache of closed ...
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Egypt uncovers large trove of ancient bronze statues and sarcophagi in Saqqara

A large trove of ancient bronze statues and well-preserved sarcophagi discovered in Egypt’s Saqqara were revealed to the public on Monday, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a ...