burial chamber

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The crew found it an area known for the resting places of royal women, but when they got into the burial chamber they found it decorated - the sign of a pharaoh.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

Last summer, archaeologists from Gothenburg University and Kiel University excavated a dolmen, a stone burial chamber, in Tiarp near Falköping in Sweden.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

One Siberian mummy, the 2,500 year-old Ice Maiden, was quite literally frozen in a block of ice after her burial chamber flooded and the water quickly froze.

From National Geographic • Aug. 7, 2023

It has captivated visitors since it was built as a royal burial chamber some 4,500 years ago.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

The catacombs are tomb-black, but I know where we are: in a burial chamber that hasn’t been patrolled in years.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir