Avenue of TombsMassive, elaborate facades line the center of Petra, thought to be the resting places of Nabataean kings. Two of the most ornate are the Tomb of the Palace (left) and the Corinthian ...

The majority of archaeological remains in Petra are tombs, Al-Salameen says. The Nabataeans must have paid a lot of attention to the afterlife, he says. “They looked at their life as a short ...

Experts conducted excavations under Al Khazneh, also known as the Treasury – an elaborate rock-cut tomb, carved out of a ...

The Royal Tomb of Nimrud were first discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace of the Ancient city ...

CAIRO — A joint Egyptian-British mission has identified an ancient tomb near Luxor as that of King Thutmose II, marking the first discovery of a pharaonic royal tomb in more than 100 years ...

Stop By the Petra ... Royal Tomb. There are four side-by-side tombs in the Jebel Al Khubtha. Westward facing, the tombs glow in the afternoon sun. They include the Urn, Silk, Corinthian and Palace ...

Visitors can enter royal palaces and tombs at no charge over the Seollal (Lunar New Year) holidays, according to the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Korea Heritage Service (KHS) on Jan. 20. From ...