Archaeologists just uncovered terrifying paintings inside an ancient pyramid, and what they reveal has stunned researchers. The artwork, hidden for centuries within the burial chamber, depicts scenes far darker than typical funerary rituals.
At a depth of about 100 feet beneath the Egyptian desert, archaeologists are working in a recently uncovered tomb complex and preparing to open a coffin dating back 2,600 years. For generations, the site has presented a puzzle that has intrigued visitors to Egyptian tombs. Painters worked in total darkness for months at a time, lighting their work only with lamps. Yet on the ceilings of many chamb…