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The stone coffins — massive and elaborate — were hard to miss. Some of the 600-year-old remains found in a sarcophagus at the monastery. Uncover more archaeological finds
A sarcophagus, which means "flesh-eater" in Greek, is a stone coffin used for inhumation burials. [9] Sarcophagi were commissioned not only for the elite of Roman society (mature male citizens), [10] but also for children, entire families, and beloved wives and mothers.
A sarcophagus (pl.: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a coffin, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word sarcophagus comes from the Greek σάρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγεῖν phagein meaning "to eat"; hence sarcophagus means "flesh-eating", from the phrase lithos ...
Eskilstunakista. This coffin, dated to the later half of the 11'th century, executed by the stonemason Näsbjörn and the runestone carver Tove, is the source of the coffins' names. This coffin which was found in 1912 in Eskilstuna is today in the Swedish History Museum. Reconstructed coffin in a small museum at Örberga kyrka.
The coffin was so heavy in part because it was filled with a substance called white gypsum, which is a mineral used in plaster-making, archaeologists found. Experts place the coffin between 43 A.D ...
A team of archaeologists working on a road upgrade project have uncovered a Roman stone coffin weighing the same as a small caravan. The casket, which weighed 118 stones (750kg), was discovered ...
It is no surprise, therefore, that the Roman obsession with personal immortality acquired its physical form in stone." [30] Sarcophagi were used in Roman funerary art beginning in the second century AD, and continuing until the fourth century. A sarcophagus, which means "flesh-eater" in Greek, is a stone coffin used for inhumation burials. [31]
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