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KV55 is a royal cache in the Valley of the Kings that may contain the mummy of Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh who moved the capital to Amarna. The identification is based on genetic and other tests, but disputed by some scholars who question the age and origin of the mummy.
Learn how the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was found in 1922 by the Egyptologist Howard Carter and his patron, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon, in the Valley of the Kings. Explore the history, the artefacts, the controversies and the legacy of the discovery that captivated the world.
Edith Howard Cook was a child who died in 1876 and was buried in a casket that was found in 2016 in San Francisco. Her identity was confirmed by genealogy, mapping, stable isotope, and DNA analyses.
Learn how the remains of the last English king killed in battle were discovered, identified and reinterred in Leicester Cathedral after 500 years. Find out the historical, scientific and archaeological evidence that supported the identification of Richard III and the controversy over his burial place.
A scan of a 17th century coffin revealed has a secret that's been hidden for nearly 350 years. Since his death in 1679, Bishop Peder Winstrup lay quietly in the crypt beneath a Swedish cathedral ...
Sutton Hoo is a site of two early medieval cemeteries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, with a ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts. The site is owned by the National Trust and has a visitor centre and a reconstruction of the ship burial chamber.
Learn about the history and practice of photographing the recently deceased, a common tradition in Europe and America in the nineteenth century. See examples of different styles, cultural nuances and controversies of post-mortem photography.
The tomb of Alexander the Great is attested in several historical accounts, but its current exact location remains an enduring mystery. It was initially buried in Memphis, then transferred to Alexandria, and later destroyed or lost in antiquity.