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When an Ancient Egyptian Tomb Was Opened, This Was Inside

Thousands of priceless artifacts lay inside, including the boy-king’s sarcophagus. Cataloging and recording all of them prior to their removal and storage took almost eight years to complete.

6 Treasures Owners Unwittingly Used As Household Goods

In 2012, the house owners asked Guy Schwinge, of Duke's Auctions, to complete a routine evaluation of their property, and the hawk-eyed appraiser recognized a 2nd or 3rd-century Roman marble sarcophagus in the old moss-covered 7-foot garden planter.

10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2018 That Changed History

A hidden 100-feet-long tunnel near the building led to burial chambers with dozens of mummies. science alert/ University of Tubingen Among those mummies was a sarcophagus belonging to Tadihor, a woman in a silver mask.

A Side Of the Louvre You Never Thought to Look For

The Sarcophagus of Ramesses III (By Neithsabes, Wikimedia Commons ) 6. Baal With the Thunderbolt (By Rama, Wikimedia Commons ) 7. Mars and Venus (By Giambattista Pittoni, Wikimedia Commons ) [related_articles] 8. Polyxena before Achilles' Tomb (By Giambattista Pittoni, Wikimedia Commons ) 9. 

These Discoveries Truly Baffled the People That Made Them

Embryo mummy This little sarcophagus was discovered in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century.

These 10 Invaluable World Treasures Were Never Recovered

The Sarcophagus of Menkaure Image Source: TIMEA/ WIkimedia Commons The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the Ancient Egyptian pyramids in Giza, the entrance to which had been discovered in 1837 by British explorer Howard Vyse.

Celebrities of the Past In the Most Fascinating Photos

Marlon Brando Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee Steve Jobs sitting with Bill Gates discussing the future of computing in 1991 Fidel Castro and Malcolm X discussing politics and family, 1960 Vladimir Putin as a teenager (2nd from left, wearing a hat) Howard Carter, an English archeologist , examining the opened sarcophagus

20 Cool X-Rays of People, Animals & Objects Explained

Radiography revealed that this wooden cat statue from Ancient Egypt is, in fact, a cat's sarcophagus Image Source: BoredPanda 6.

6 of the Amazing Architectural Wonders of the Christian World

The interior of the cathedral includes numerous monuments and artworks including the sarcophagus of Archbishop Alberto da Intimiano, three magnificent altars by Pellegrino Pellegrini and one of the nails, reputedly, from the Crucifixion of Christ.

These Museum Items Give Us a Glimpse of a Fascinating Past

This ancient Roman doll is made of colored ivory and was found in the sarcophagus of an 8-year-old boy who lived more than 1,800 years ago. Image source: Izismile 2. This ancient tunic belonged to a child and is believed to be about 1,400 years old.

Ever Wonder What People Were Like Thousands of Years Ago?

The discovery of the boy pharaoh’s tomb is easily one of the biggest archeological finds of the past century, and his golden sarcophagus is the most famous Ancient Egyptian artifact in the world. What about the boy behind the mask?

15 Spine-Chilling Facts About the World

The brains were then put into a special urn and preserved next to the sarcophagus. [related_articles] 8. We know less about the deep ocean than we do about the surface of the Moon As of 2020, about 80% of the ocean is unexplored and unmapped.

The Eerie History of 10 Spooky Halloween Creatures

Mummy It’s a well-known fact that Ancient Egyptians preserved the bodies of the diseased through mummification - an intricate process that involved embalming the body, wrapping it in pieces of cloth, and placing it in a sarcophagus in a hidden tomb somewhere in the desert.

9 Undiscovered Wonders in Popular Countries

Soane had acquired some spectacular items during his time, including the sarcophagus of the Egyptian pharaoh, Seti I, as well as many Ancient Egyptian antiquities and Roman sculptures. Apart from these, you will also find about 30,000 famous architectural drawings here.

9 Facts About Ancient Egypt You Probably Didn’t Know

We will probably never know the answer to that question, but archeologists do point out that, somewhat ironically, the hot desert sands were, in many cases, better at preserving the body than a sarcophagus placed in a cold and moldy tomb. 2.