Cairo - Intact clay pots sealed with cartouches of King Tutankhamun and eight baskets have been discovered in his treasure room in the Valley of the Kings, the Egyptian Culture Minister said on Monday. Farouk Hosni said the discovery was unearthed by the first Egyptian excavation team to work in the Valley of the Kings near the city of Luxor in southern Egypt.

For a woman whose business is death and dying, mortuary science professor Jody LaCourt has a surprisingly sunny disposition. LaCourt, a University alumna, teaches restorative art and embalming theory - ironic, seeing as she fainted in her first embalming class as a student. LaCourt spent 12 years as a funeral director in the Twin Cities before joining the Department of Mortuary Science three semesters ago. The classes she teaches reflect her personal preferences in the field.

Indianapolis - Work at a pioneer family cemetery in Indianapolis is expected to be finished this week. In August, archeologists began the painstaking task of removing topsoil and hand-digging at Whitesell Cemetery for relocation to Crown Hill. A month later, "they have 25 graves excavated and they still have about eight more to go, so they're expecting that by Friday, the work will be complete," said Megan Tsai, INDOT.