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Marble fragment of Lincoln sarcophagus on display
Springfield :: MO :: USA | 2 months ago
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A fragment of the marble sarcophagus that once contained Abraham Lincoln's coffin is on display at the Lincoln Tomb Historic Site in Springfield. Officials say the sarcophagus went missing when the tomb had major renovations in 1930. Nearly 50 years
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Roof collapses in Chernobyl nuclear power plant due to the weight of snow
The roof of the Unit-4 of the Turbine Hall of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has collapsed sending fears of radiation but, initial reports indicate that things are in order in the facility in Ukraine which had exploded in 1986.
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King find recalls Savage mystery
Auckland :: New Zealand | 4 months ago
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Most people believe Savage, the founding leader of the Labour Party and its first prime minister, is interred in a graceful sarcophagus beneath his memorial on Bastion Point...But when experts opened the sarcophagus 63 years after his death, they
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Over 3,500-year-old sarcophagus found in Egypt
Luxor :: Egypt | 5 months ago
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Experts who for the past three years have explored the vicinity of the tombs of Djehuty and Hery, two high-ranking dignitaries of the Egyptian court between 1500 and 1450 B.C., discovered the intact funeral receptacle lying unprotected on the ground
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British couple find backyard treasure
Carrara :: Italy | 5 months ago
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British couple to grow flowers for more 30 years has been identified as an ancient Roman sarcophagus with a six-figure value. Left behind by previous property owners, the two-metre coffin is covered with elaborate carvings of mythical creatures. It
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Largest Egyptian sarcophagus identified
Date :: Japan | 6 months ago
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The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identified in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, say archaeologists who are re-assembling the giant box that was reduced to fragments more than 3,000 years ago. Made of red granite, the royal
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World's Biggest Sarcophagus
Toronto :: Canada | 6 months ago
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LiveScience The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identified in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, say archaeologists who are re-assembling the giant box that was reduced to fragments more than 3,000 years ago. Made of red granite,
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Roman coffin sells for £96,000
Dorchester :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Roman marble coffin sells for £96,000 The coffin was discovered during a routine valuation A Roman marble coffin has sold at auction for £96,000. The 7ft (2.1m) sarcophagus was being used as a trough to stand flowers in in the garden of a house in
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Gnawed Roman skeleton that inspired Sylvia Plath poem goes on display
Lima :: Peru | 1 year ago
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Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology The skeleton of a Roman woman and the bones of the mouse and shrew that gnawed her ankle in her coffin, inspiring one of Sylvia Plath 's most haunting poems, have gone on display. Plath saw the massive
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A Mummy Switcheroo
Date :: Japan | 1 year ago
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Min, the ancient Egyptian god of phallus and fertility, might have brought some worldy advantages to his male worshippers, but offered little protection when it came to spiritual life. Researchers at the Mummy Project-Fatebenefratelli hospital in
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