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A similar sarcophagus from Caere was found at the Banditaccia necropolis. It also is called the Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Sarcophage des Époux) and is in the Louvre in Paris (Cp 5194). [3] [8] This sarcophagus has similarities that can suggest that they were made in the same studio, from the size, shape, and function of the sarcophagi. [3]
The Etruscans were a monogamous society that emphasized pairing. The lids of large numbers of sarcophagi (for example, the "Sarcophagus of the Spouses") are adorned with sculpted couples, smiling, in the prime of life (even if the remains were of persons advanced in age), reclining next to each other or with arms around each other. The bond was ...
The Archaic period (580 to 480 BC) highlights women's status in marriage, as evidenced by the Sarcophagus of the Spouses (530 BC, Museum of Villa Giulia). The frescoes of the tombs of Tarquinia (6th – 5th century BC) confirm the presence of women in social spaces (banquets and sports), which among the Romans and the Greeks were reserved ...
Funerary art may serve many cultural functions. It can play a role in burial rites, serve as an article for use by the dead in the afterlife, and celebrate the life and accomplishments of the dead, whether as part of kinship-centred practices of ancestor veneration or as a publicly directed dynastic display. It can also function as a reminder ...
Some of the 600-year-old remains found in a sarcophagus at the monastery. Inside the six sarcophagi, archaeologists found the remains of eight people identified as Catalan nobility from the 13th ...
Experts working in the Tomb of Cerberus in Giugliano, an area in Naples, unsealed a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus. Inside they found the remains of a shockingly well-preserved body lying face-up and ...
The Sarcophagus of the Spouses, [15] found in the Etruscan region dating to 520–530 BC, depicts a man and women lounging together in the context of a banquet, [16] which is a stark contrast with gendered Greek drinking parties.
A sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in the burial chamber of an Egyptian high priest was originally from the tomb of pharaoh Ramesses II, according to a new study. ... considered to be a glorious age ...