This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

The diamond pattern on the statues' bases may represent mountains — specifically those on the eastern horizon of Ur where the sun ... furnishings" for a royal tomb, the researchers wrote in ...

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

The three men held various positions, at the Temple of Amun and Luxor city, and their tombs were constructed in similar ways.

The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

The British archaeologist has just finished a frantic couple of hours touring four royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. They belong to Horemhab, Ay, Amenhotop and another tomb is given the ...

These developments were concentrated in southern Mesopotamia, where the dominant ethnic and linguistic group until about 2000 BC was the Sumerians, famous today for their hero-king Gilgamesh of Uruk, ...

The well-defined administrative block, royal palaces, and Jama Masjid are located in the ... This mosque incorporates the tomb of Saikh Salim Chisti, an extraordinary masterpiece of sculpted ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled the millennia-old tombs of three senior statesmen, identified by inscriptions left on ...