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Vivid Wall Paintings Unearthed at a 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Necropolis in Italy
Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...
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Italian Archaeologists Discover 200 Tombs in Iron Age Necropolis
Archaeologists have discovered a "monumental necropolis" dating to the pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BCE-1 BCE) in Santa Croce, ...
World's largest necropolis that's 1,400 years old and home to 6 million bodies
The world's largest necropolis is home to a staggering six million bodies. The Valley of Peace in Iraq covers an area roughly ...
Ancient bracelets — made with meteorites — found in Poland cemetery. Take a look
Jambon and his team discovered four iron pieces containing “heavenly metal,” as they called it, including two bracelets, an ...
An Ancient Burial Ground Has Been Preserved Under an Alpine City for More than 2,000 Years
Archaeologists have already found more than 200 tombs—and they think that might be just the tip of the iceberg.
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Necropolis in Naples Reveals the Enduring Influence of Ancient Greece
A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...
Archaeologists uncover ancient 'city of the dead' in Italy: 'Perfectly preserved'
Officials from the Italian province of Trentino announced the recent discovery of a "monumental necropolis" from the Iron Age, dating back over 3,000 years.
Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb discovered for first time since Tutankhamun
No mummy but evidence suggests body and accompanying treasures were moved because of flooding – and may be in an intact ...
Archaeologists uncover monumental Necropolis beneath Trento's streets
One of the most striking features of the site is the arrangement of funerary stelae up to 2.40 meters high, which serve as ...
Archaeologists Unearth Mysterious Seated Burials in Ancient French Cemetery
Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic ...
Pharaoh’s tomb discovered in Egypt for first time since Tutankhamun’s in 1922
King Thutmose II's tomb has been discovered by a British-Egyptian team of researchers from Theban Necropolis' Western Valleys ...