Archaeologists uncovered the 2,500-year-old remains of a powerful ancient Egyptian high priest in dramatic fashion on Sunday. The opening of the priest’s stone sarcophagus was broadcast by the ...

A sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in an Egyptian burial chamber came with a complicated history: Ancient writing on the stone container showed that it had been used twice, but while its second occupant ...

"Never in my 50 years in archaeology have I experienced something on such a grand scale as this," said Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass Discovery Channel viewers on Sunday got to go back 2,500 years in ...

A sarcophagus containing an Egyptian high priest was opened on live TV Sunday during a special two-hour broadcast by the American channel Discovery. "Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live" aired from the ...

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