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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 ...
Coptic art displays a mix of Egyptian and Hellenistic influences. [3] Subjects and symbols were taken from both Greek and Egyptian mythology, sometimes altered to fit Christian beliefs. Persia and Syria also influenced Coptic and Hellenistic art, though to a lesser extent, leaving images such as the peacock and the griffin.
Scholars believe these sarcophagi were originally made in Egypt for members of the Ancient Egyptian elite, but were then transported to Sidon and repurposed for the burial of Sidonian royalty. Gibson and later scholars believe that the sarcophagi were captured as booty by the Sidonians during their participation in Cambyses II's conquest. [91]
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.
The lid of the sarcophagus is also made of greywacke and is more obviously unfinished; in places it was never smoothed and there are no traces of inscriptions. Some fragments of an alabaster chest for the canopic jars were found with the sarcophagus. The lid of this chest was also found, but is cut from a granite block - another sign of ...
The artefacts, unearthed during a year-long excavation, were found beneath an ancient stone enclosure near the Saqqara pyramids and date back to the fifth and sixth dynasties of the Old Kingdom ...
The three skeletons found in the sarcophagus were likely soldiers, according to Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, with one of the skeleton's skulls showing signs of skull fractures caused by a ...
Sarcophagus in the shape of a Greek temple, made of Parian marble. It measures 2.88 m × 1.18 m (9.4 ft × 3.9 ft), and 1.44 m (4.72 ft) in height. It still held traces of blue paint. The base of the trough is adorned with a row of heart-shaped motifs, while the top features rows of pearls and ovoid elements.