Dating back to the early Roman Empire, the word sarcophagus originally referred to the limestone a coffin was made of, rather than the coffin itself. From flesh-eating stone to a stone coffin, Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel unbury the...

From brains to heavenly bodies, this week brings us some super-sized science... BigBrain is the highest resolution map of the human brain that's ever existed; a super high resolution interactive model of King Tut's tomb for...

Pupil outcome: I can understand the mummification process and sequence it in chronological order. Key learning points: - Mummification is a process to preserve a dead body to make it ready for the afterlife. - Mummification is a complex...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed over 20 mud brick tombs that predate the Great Pyramids by 2,000 years. These burial chambers belonged to officials from the first ancient Egyptian dynasty, dating back to 3100-2890 BC. The...

Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...

This video explores five fun facts about Ancient Egyptian Burial.

This video is answering the question of how were Ancient Egyptian tombs decorated.

Chernobyl part 2/7: This video discusses the massive engineering effort that went into building the Arch of Chernobyl, a new containment structure that replaced the decaying concrete sarcophagus over the radioactive reactor.

Chernobyl part 6/7: This video discusses the construction of the new safe confinement structure over the Chernobyl sarcophagus, which contains the remains of reactor #4 at the Chernobyl power station. The structure is equipped with...

Chernobyl part 1/7: This video discusses the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, where a sequence of errors led to a catastrophic nuclear accident that killed hundreds and created permanent ghost towns in eastern Ukraine. The protective...

Egypt's Ministry of State of Antiquities says archaeologists have uncovered a mummification workshop that dates back more than 2,500 years.

A centuries-old coffin containing a well-preserved mummy was recently unveiled in Egypt - the latest in over a dozen ancient discoveries since the beginning of the year.

Pripyat, Ukraine. In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers are tasked with conducting a safety test of Reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the third shift engineers on duty have not been...

Amenhotep III ruled between 1390 and 1350 BC and was one of the most prominent pharaohs of ancient Egypt.

Egypt’s tourism and antiquities minister says discovered items date back to the Late Period from 664 to 332 BC.

SIIRT, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 23: The first light of the rising sun briefly illuminates the head of the sarcophagus in which Ismail Fakirullah’s remains are interred in Tillo, a town in Turkey's eastern Siirt province on September 23, 2018....

Radiation danger! Pass and drive is prohibited. It is forbidden to grow and collect agricultural products. Yellow plate with an inscription of radiation hazard. Radiation hazard sign.

Hiking on Xanthos

'L-R pan of ancient cliffside Chachapoya sarcophogi, bright sunshine, one has become the nest for a swarm of killer bees, Amazonas region of Peru [Perú]'

'Wide of ancient cliffside Chachapoya sarcophogi, bright sunshine, one has become the nest for a swarm of killer bees, Amazonas region of Peru [Perú]'

CLEAN: Exterior point of view driving shots at sunset passing the sarcophagus or New Safe Confinement steel casing over Chernobyl reactor number 4 and overhead power lines and pylons on 10 June 2019 in Chernobyl, Ukraine

CLEAN: Exterior and interior drone aerial shots around an abandoned school in Pripyat, with other damaged and derelict buildings and the distant sarcophagus covering Chernobyl reactor four, on 12 June 2019 in Pripyat, Ukraine

CLEAN: Exterior drone aerial shots of an abandoned ferris wheel and the new sarcophagus over Chernobyl's reactor four on 12 June 2019 in Pripyat, Ukraine

CLEAN: Exterior driving shots past the new Chernobyl nuclear power plant with its new sarcophagus on 10 June 2019 in Chernobyl, Ukraine