Legends of lost riches had swirled around that very same urn-topped monument ... continued toward Aaron’s tomb. Red Sandstone of PetraThe spectacular geography of Petra's sandstone walls enhance ...

The 2,000-year-old Roman tomb contains eight loculi (or niches), two of which were empty, and six of which contained an urn. In “niche 8,” researchers discovered a funerary urn containing “c ...

Scientists also found, through chemical testing, that the urn contained white wine that had turned reddish-brown over the years. The wine had reportedly been inside the tomb since around the first ...