User blog comment:Dimachaerii/What does Ezio give Shao Jun in that small box?/@comment-124.150.16.190-20120709025919/@comment-3427635-20120709030601

He didn't die in the tomb -- the door stayed open while he delivered /the/ revelation to Desmond. He left with Sofia to go back to Italy afterwards. It was Altaïr who sealed himself inside to die.