tomb robbery

Beyond Montet: New discoveries in the royal necropolis of Tanis

Following Aidan Dodson’s history of the Libyan pharaohs of Egypt in the last issue, Roger Forshaw explores the latest discoveries from the site of Tanis, their capital city.

Sarcophagus of Ramesses II

A fragment of inscribed granite found at Abydos in 2009 belonged to the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to new research published in Revue d’Égyptologie. The piece was found beneath the floor of a Coptic monastery and identified (Damrani and…

The Tomb of Tutankhamun: The Other Side of the Story

Review by Hilary Forrest Oh no – not another book about Tutankhamun! This one, however, is rather different. The first sections of the book cover the history of the Valley of the Kings, the early desecrations of the tombs, and…

LEFT The man found in the looting shaft above the tomb was originally thought to be a grave robber, but the new research has cleared his name, revealing that he was in fact the victim of a 1,300 year old murder. IMAGE: Qian Wang

Mystery of a 1,300-year-old murder victim unearthed in China

This discovery shows that the strategy of concealing the bodies of murder victims inside existing tombs has been in use for centuries.