tomb
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The rescuers guided Gil out of his would-be tomb, onto a gurney and outside into the crush of onlookers waiting below the tropical sun, already blazing before 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Since then, his stunningly well-preserved remains have been kept at the same temperature -- minus six degrees Celsius -- as his icy tomb.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
During the earlier phase, people buried in the tomb were often members of the same extended families, suggesting close-knit groups spanning multiple generations.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
King Tutankhamun’s tomb, containing the pharaoh’s solid-gold inner coffin and death mask.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
His body was preserved so that a continuous stream of mourners could view him lying in state in a special tomb on Red Square in Moscow.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Mama Margaretha and her atas and their children live together in several traditional houses, which look like tall witches' hats, ranged around her family's tombs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Many of the tombs had suffered damage from looting in the past, leaving several artifacts in poor condition.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
We visited on a sunny day, and the wind blew hard as we traced Mina and Lucy’s steps through the tombs and along the path past the Abbey toward Robin Hood’s Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
There is little doubt that a crumbling Egyptian economy circa 1,100 B.C. prompted the country’s early leadership to loot the tombs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Kings made tombs more splendid than houses of the living, and counted old names in the rolls of their descent dearer than the names of sons.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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