Archaeologists in Egypt pried open a mysterious, 2,000-year-old sarcophagus found in the port city of Alexandria earlier this month. While some had thought the sarcophagus may contain royalty, or ...

Investigations were made and finally the conclusion was reached that it was the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Its sculpture, on this theory, represents the battle of Arbela, a lion hunt and ...

The 1,700-year-old relic was found near Varna on the shores of the Black Sea, where the Radjana ... It was identified as a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus that had carved garlands, flowers ...