Interestingly, Hamilton had also acquired the sarcophagus of Pa-ba-sa, an Egyptian noble in the reign of Psamtik I (664-610 BCE). This is now part of the collection on display at Kelvingrove Art ...

Archaeologists in Egypt pried open a mysterious, 2,000-year-old sarcophagus found in the port city of Alexandria earlier this month. While some had thought the sarcophagus may contain royalty, or ...