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• n  a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

• Discovery of a large tomb complex by Kent Weeks.
• Having blasted their way nearer the top of the tomb, they donned gas masks to filter the stale tomb air, then tunneled into the burial chamber itself.
• Web Exclusive: Newly found tomb may be that of a Han king.

• grave

News & Articles

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• Ancient Chinese Tomb Murals
  A colorful, well-preserved mural tomb, where a military commander and his wife were likely buried nearly 1,500 years ago, has been uncovered in China.
  June 18, 2013 - Fox News
• Ancient Chinese murals saved from tomb robbers
  A colorful, well-preserved "mural tomb," where a military commander and his wife were buried nearly 1,500 years ago, has been uncovered in China.
  June 18, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Angelina Jolie's stunt double sues News Corp. for alleged hacking
  Eunice Huthart, Jolie's body double in "Tomb Raider 2," claims that News Corp. hacked her phone and wrote stories based on information gleaned from her voice mails. This is the first U.S. claim in the hacking saga. Originally posted at Technically Incorrect
  June 18, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• Zahi Hawass in USA Today
  I can say for the first time that the mummy is safe and the mummy is well preserved, and at the same time, all the tourists who will enter this tomb will be able to see the face of Tutankhamun for the first time,Egypt's antiquities chief Zahi...
• Karl Lagerfeld in News 10NBC
  I think a living memorial is better than some sort of respectful tomb,Lagerfeld said recently. "She is lucky, because nobody has survived as well, thanks to what we are doing, I don't mean just myself, but the people who own the company."
• John Baird in Washington Post
  It's very exciting. It's like an Indiana Jones adventure. It's searching for a lost under water tomb,Baird told The Associated Press.