A few years back, when I was working as part of an archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, I unearthed a slab of white limestone covered in ancient paint smears. More of that later ...

Mohammad Youssef, the site director, prepares to explore a shaft tomb. The shafts can descend 30 feet, and open at different levels into niches and chambers. Roger Anis It certainly took a while ...

Dr. Josef Wegner, a curator at the Penn Museum, shared insights with Fox News Digital following his recent groundbreaking discovery of a tomb belonging to an unknown pharaoh.

Supporting the shaft is skillfully carved stone-tortoise plinth. The tomb stele is not only of great historical value, but an excellent art work of sculpture, a rare treasure among Tibetan Tang ...

The pharaoh's tomb was found 23 feet underground and featured ... as "grand," complete with mud brick vaults and a "very deep shaft entrance system." But unfortunately, the king's name has not ...