- A
sarcophagus (pl.:
sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most
commonly carved in stone, and
usually displa****
above ground,
though it may also be...
-
practices of
ancient Rome and
Roman funerary art,
marble and
limestone sarcophagi elaborately carved in
relief were
characteristic of
elite inhumation burials...
- The
Sarcophagi of Carajía (Spanish: Sarcó****os de Carajía, or Karajía) are
unusually large pre-Inca
Chachapoyas culture sarcophagi at the archaeological...
- the
Vatican Museums and
known as the
Sarcophagi of
Helena and Constantina. Nine
other imperial porphyry sarcophagi were long held in the
Church of the...
- cremation,
another inhumation. The
vessels used for
these practices include sarcophagi, ash chests, urns, and altars. In
addition to these, mausoleums, stele...
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Klazomenian Sarcophagi (also
Clazomenian Sarcophagi or
Klazomenai Sarcophagi) are a type of
ancient Gr****
sarcophagus named after the
Ionian Gr**** city...
- The
Sarcophagi of
Helena and
Constantina are two
fourth century porphyry sarcophagi located in the Pio-Clementine
Vatican Museum in Rome. The Sarcophagus...
-
dating back to the
Fifth and
Sixth Dynasties,
while one of four
other sarcophagi was unsealed.
Among the
dozens of cat
mummies were 100
wooden and gilded...
-
Early Christian sarcophagi are
those Ancient Roman sarcophagi carrying inscriptions or
carving relating them to
early Christianity. They were produced...
- M**** is celebrated. The
Campo Santo contained a huge
collection of
Roman sarcophagi, but
there are only 84 left
together with a
collection of
Roman and Etruscan...
