1.   Ancient graves in Iraq, including the royal tombs at Ur, contain many other objects illustrating the daily life of succeeding civilizations.

2.   Archaeologists have found elaborate royal tombs, pottery, weapons, chariots and musical instruments.

3.   A study of the tomb could provide insights into the requirements for a royal tomb and who was entitled to one.

4.   By the fourth century B.C., images of horses as symbols of power had emerged in royal tombs.

5.   Found in the royal tombs in Tanis in northern Egypt, it is one of the few surviving examples of a gold mask made for kings and great nobles.

6.   In places like Philadelphia, Miami, New York and Santa Fe, N.M., the stolen gold from a royal tomb of Sipan continues to surface.

7.   In the preceding two weeks, looters tunneling into the ruins of Huaca Rajada, a cluster of pyramids near Sipan, had indeed found a royal Moche tomb.

8.   It was certainly more complex and extensive than the standard royal tombs, which are simple structures with a single corridor leading to a main burial chamber.

9.   Side by side, they discovered royal tombs with artifacts, including jade jewelry and a perfectly preserved ceramic figure, now in storage in Merida.

10.   The book inventories important finds like an undisturbed royal tomb that held a vast hoard of bronze and jade objects, and it details Shang social and political organization.