The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was recently guarded by an all-woman team of three sentinels for the first time in history. “History was made” at Arlington National Cemetery, said Col. Patrick Roddy, ...

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

The young pharaoh's tomb, initially discovered by a British archaeologist in 1922, is one of the most well-known in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt Mostafa Elshemy/Anadolu Agency/Getty A ...

At exactly 10 p.m. on the warm, last night of May, Maj. Gen. William Zana received his orders and began his final guard shift on the smooth marble stone plaza at the center of Arlington National ...

Ancient human remains in a famous Greek tomb can't be Alexander the Great's father after all, a scientific analysis reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was discovered ...

These ancient tombs aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt is plagued with cracks, water damage and fungi, sparking fears that “disaster could strike at any moment” for ...

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

In November 1921, the remains of an American soldier who died during World War I in France were brought back home and laid to rest in a somber ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The tomb, ...

Scientists have discovered that there is a "very real risk" that the holiest site in Christianity may collapse if nothing is done to shore up its unstable foundations. A scientific team from the ...