Sentence examples for open tombs from inspiring English sources

One room contained the excavated skeletons of several ancient pilgrims (Antiochus's bones were interred here after his execution, and removed in 1615), which lay, yellow and moldering and illuminated by low-watt bulbs, in their open tombs.

In 2001 the Theban Mapping Project designed new signs for the tombs, providing information and plans of the open tombs.

During the later Third Intermediate Period and later periods, intrusive burials were introduced into many of the open tombs.

Port-au-Prince has become an archipelago of open tombs Consumed slowly by the sun and forming an ever lasting covenant.

Most of the open tombs in the Valley of the Kings are located in the East Valley, and this is where most tourists and facilities can be found.

There is currently little year-round rain in this part of Egypt, but there are occasional flash floods that hit the valley, dumping tons of debris into the open tombs.

He bends down and flicks KAHMUNRAH across the hall and into JESUS OF NAZARETH's open tomb.

Or as he puts it, "the bed is part Sleeping Beauty's glass coffin and part Christ's open tomb by way of Donald Judd and Richard Serra".

Characteristic representations of the Assumption show the Virgin, in an attitude of prayer and supported by angels, ascending above her open tomb, around which the Apostles stand in amazement.

As we walked to the first open tomb, the guide at the site explained that the scattered bones were debris left from grave robbing before the tombs were properly guarded.

The latest ratings sweep starts Thursday, and the broadcast networks are, as usual, armed to the teeth with mini-series ("Arabian Nights," "The 70's" and "Jesus"), big movies ("The John Denver Story" and "Growing Up Brady") and special stunts (opening tombs in the Egyptian desert and Bruce Willis guest-starring on "Friends").