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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 ...
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II; S.
Scholars believe these sarcophagi were originally made in Egypt for members of the Ancient Egyptian elite, but were then transported to Sidon and repurposed for the burial of Sidonian royalty.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 ]
A sarcophagus discovered in 2009 in an Egyptian burial chamber came with a complicated history: Ancient writing on the stone container showed that it had been used twice, but while its second ...
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 ...
The South Saqqara Stone is the lid of the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian queen Ankhesenpepi I, which was inscribed with a list for the reigns of the pharaohs of the 6th Dynasty from Teti, Userkare, Pepi I, Merenre to the early years of Pepi II under whom the document was likely created. It is essentially an annal document which records ...
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.