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  2. Sarcophagus - Wikipedia

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    The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is a stone sarcophagus elaborately painted in fresco; one style of later Ancient Greek sarcophagus in painted pottery is seen in Klazomenian sarcophagi, produced around the Ionian Greek city of Klazomenai, where most examples were found, between 550 BC (Late Archaic) and 470 BC. They are made of coarse clay in ...

  3. Royal necropolis of Ayaa - Wikipedia

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    An intact alabaster vase was found next to this sarcophagus. [63] Vault VI was accessible through a door on the west wall of Vault V. It measured 4.7 m × 4.4 m (15 ft × 14 ft) and had a height of 2.7 m (8.9 ft). Inside, there were four sarcophagi, all made of white marble and labeled as Hamdy Bey Sarcophagus 13, 14, 15, and 16.

  4. Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun

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    After a year of negotiations between Egypt and the United Kingdom, an agreement was signed in July 1971. Altogether, 50 pieces were chosen by the directors of the British Museum and the Cairo Museum to be shown at the exhibition, including 17 never before displayed outside Egypt. For insurance purposes, the items were valued at £9.06 million.

  5. Graveyard with colorful sarcophagi and 3,500-year-old mummies ...

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    One coffin, which was covered in hieroglyphics and depictions of Egyptian deities, belonged to the daughter of a priest. Canopic vessels, which held human organs, were found alongside her sarcophagus.

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  7. Pink sarcophagus — weighing over 22,000 pounds — found at ...

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    The 3,600-year-old sarcophagus still had a mummy inside, photos show. Pink sarcophagus — weighing over 22,000 pounds — found at family burial site in Egypt Skip to main content

  8. Tomb of Hetepheres I - Wikipedia

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    The mouth of the shaft measures 1.75 m (north-south) × 2.37 m (east-west). The width soon narrows to between 1.35 m and 1.55 m. At the upper edge of the shaft, incisions were found for beams, which were probably used to lower the sarcophagus. Recesses were made in the walls of the shaft to allow the workers to climb up and down.

  9. Archaeologists in Egypt pried open a mysterious, 2,000-year-old sarcophagus found in the port city of Alexandria earlier this month. While some had thought the sarcophagus may contain royalty, or ...