The site contains 500 years’ worth of continuous Roman burials.

Archaeologists have unearthed a huge Roman cemetery containing more than 250 burials of infants and stillborn babies. The ancient necropolis was uncovered in Place du Maréchal Leclerc—a square in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A massive limestone burial chamber was uncovered within a royal necropolis in Abydos, Egypt. Who the tomb belonged to remains a ...

CAIRO (AP) — A limestone pharaonic painting has gone missing from Egypt's famed Saqqara necropolis, becoming the latest artifact to disappear in a country known for its rich and lengthy history. The ...

DAHSHOUR, Egypt -- In this more than 4,500-year-old Pharaonic necropolis, Egypt's modern rituals of the dead are starting to encroach on its ancient ones. Steamrollers flatten the desert sand, and ...

The historical layers of the Croatian city of Zadar, ancient Iader, continue to reveal the magnitude of its Roman past beneath the asphalt and the foundations of the modern city. In the area known as ...

A massive Roman necropolis containing 3,000 ancient tombs has been discovered beneath Croatia's oldest city, Zadar.

A large necropolis discovered in an ancient oasis provides a missing piece to the archaeological puzzle of the Iron Age, officials said. Screengrab from the United Arab Emirates' Department of Culture ...

Archaeologists in Romania uncovered 34 Roman‑era graves and rare artifacts during a preventative dig ahead of building a new ...

Archaeologists have discovered a cluster of Roman tombs beneath a modern street in Rome, revealing changing burial practices.

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