This wooden box was discovered inside the burial chamber ... that may mention the name of the daughter of pharaoh Ameny Qemau. The box once held the remains of jars containing the internal organs ...

Hidden for nearly 3,000 years, a beautifully preserved canopic jar is discovered in Egypt ... Learn more about ancient Egyptian burial traditions and how they honored the dead.

Deep inside a shaft in the cemetery of ... dignitaries of that name are known from this period, but none of them can be identified as the definitive owner of these canopic jars.

"Typical pieces of the burial sets are finely executed carinated bowls, small shouldered jars/bowls with everted ... The Egyptians often wrote royal names in cartouches, and archaeologists are ...

The Plain of Jars in northeast Laos may be related to burial rituals dating back 2,000 ... despite the “plain” in the name. The huge jars form a surreal sight—some are up to ten feet tall ...

Ancient tomb raiders had pulled his body out of its burial site and left it in ... It's also common for such jars to feature the name of the mummified pharaoh. He hopes to find a fragment of ...

Artefacts discovered in the tomb, including fragments of alabaster jars bearing inscriptions with the names of Thutmose II ... difficulty in determining the burial ground’s ownership was its ...

The soil in these jars represents the lives of countless Americans who never had a proper burial, who met unspeakably ... each with the name of a person who had been lynched.