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Initially identified as just “Tomb C4,” the site is located about 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) west of the Valley of Kings in Egypt’s Luxor region, the ministry said.
Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons at the historic site that served as one of the filming locations for the 1989 blockbuster "Indiana Jones ...
The name Dracula, which is now primarily known as the name of a vampire, was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III. [7] [8] Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him as Dracula, Dracuglia, or Drakula already in the 15th century. [7] He himself signed his two letters as "Dragulya" or "Drakulya" in the late 1470s. [9]
The tunnel was discovered during restoration work on the castle which began in 2009 and the Hurriyet Daily News reports that a military shelter and two dungeons were also found in recent years.
Marketed outside Romania as Dracula's Castle, it is presented as the home of the title character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. There is no evidence that Stoker knew anything about this castle, which has only tangential associations with Vlad the Impaler , voivode of Wallachia, whose byname 'Drăculea' resembles that of Dracula. [ 1 ]
Tomb Discovered in Egypt May ‘Reconstruct History’ Lola L. Falantes - Getty Images Along the west bank of the Nile River, archaeologists discovered rock-cut tombs and burial shafts up to 3,600 ...
Tomb KV58, also known as the "Chariot Tomb", is located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in January 1909 by Harold Jones , excavating on behalf of Theodore M. Davis . [ 1 ] The circumstances of the discovery and specifics of the excavation were only given a passing mention in Davis' account, [ 2 ] who attributes the ...
The ancient structure serves as the cinematic resting place of the Holy Grail in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade