Rather, the chains were used by the person during life to limit mobility as a part of a religious ascetic lifestyle.

E gyptian officials announced on Tuesday the discovery of King Thutmose II's tomb in Luxor, a find described as "one of the ...

By far the most important—and possibly most debated ... An ornate ossuary, or bone box, discovered in a Jerusalem tomb is inscribed with the name Caiaphas, an infamous figure in the Gospels ...

“She buries the two most important men in her life all together in this kind of foundational tomb,” said Mr. Wegner, who is also a curator at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. “It really ...

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A recent study published in the journal ‘Atiqot has revealed the discovery of an exceptional tomb at the Motza archaeological site in the hills of Jerusalem. The burial, dated to the Pre-Pottery ...

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two ...

Interior of the tomb of Thutmose II at the time of the find. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In an exciting archaeological discovery, a joint Egyptian-British mission from the ...

"Initially we thought we might have found the tomb of a royal wife, but the wide staircase and the large doorway suggested something more important. "The discovery that the burial chamber had been ...