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Bookmark or Share- Ramses II’s Long-Lost Sarcophagus Has Finally Been IdentifiedRamses II, a pharaoh who ruled in the 13th century B.C.E., is one of ancient Egypt’s best-known rulers. The 19th-Dynasty king expanded Egypt’s territory into modern-day Syria, fathered some 100...
- Sarcophagus - WikipediaA sarcophagus (pl.: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried.
- Sarcophagus - New World EncyclopediaA sarcophagus (plural: sarcophagi) is an above ground stone container for a coffin or dead body that often is decorated with art, inscriptions, and carvings. First used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece, the sarcophagus gradually became popular throughout the ancient world.
- Sarcophagus | Ancient Egypt, Burial, Funerary Art | BritannicaSarcophagus, stone coffin. The original term is of doubtful meaning. Pliny explains that the word denotes a coffin of limestone from the Troad (the region around Troy) which had the property of dissolving the body quickly (Greek sarx, “flesh,” and phagein, “to eat”), but this explanation is
- Ancient Egyptian Coffin Opened for the First Time in 2,600 YearsOn Saturday, October 3, archaeologists from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities opened a sealed, roughly 2,600-year-old sarcophagus as a crowd of onlookers watched in anticipation.
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