For centuries, the pale blue doors of an imposing stone tomb remained largely shut. When archaeologists in China finally walked in, they found themselves surrounded by a “rare” and elaborate interior.

In Turkey, a team of archaeologists discovered the tomb of a Roman gladiator dating back to the third century B.C., with the remains of 12 individuals inside. The tomb was unearthed during the ...

Just in time for spooky season, archaeologists have unleashed grisly new information about how a “real-life vampire” spent her final moments. An elite female “vampire” who died some 350 years ago was ...

Archaeological crews working in the Saqqara necropolis discovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re from 4,000 years ago. The tomb featured a 14-foot-tall pink granite door that led to... nowhere. Inside ...

Beneath the ruins of Taposiris Magna, an ancient city west of Alexandria, archaeologists have discovered a vast underground passage that has already been described as a “geometric miracle.” The find, ...

A prominent Egyptian scribe from the 18th Dynasty has been resurrected on the west bank of Luxor—well, their tomb, at least. After nearly 20 years of restoration work, the tomb of Neferhotep has ...

The sun’s morning rays stretched across the Egyptian desert and illuminated stones piled in front of the entrance to an ancient tomb. The skinny, rectangular entrance had been unusable for most of its ...

The Tomb of Horrors is perhaps the most infamous dungeon in D&D. But what exactly makes it so deadly? Let's find out.

A story appeared this week in northern Greece about a woman who seems to have smothered to death inside her coffin. People visiting a Peraia cemetery heard banging and muffled shouts from inside a ...