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Sarcophagus of Helena. The Sarcophagus of Helena is the red porphyry coffin in which Saint Helena, the mother of emperor Constantine the Great, was buried (died 329).The coffin, deprived of its contents for centuries, was removed from the Mausoleum of Helena at Tor Pignatarra, just outside the walled city of Rome.
The huge porphyry Sarcophagi of Helena and Constantina are grand Imperial examples. Cremation was the predominant means of disposing of remains in the Roman Republic. Ashes contained in cinerary urns and other monumental vessels were placed in tombs.
Six grand porphyry sarcophagi are featured along the walls of the octagonal Cappella dei Principi (Chapel of the Princes) that was built as one of two chapels in the architectural complex of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, in Florence, Italy, for the de' Medici family. Purple porphyry was used lavishly throughout the opulent chapel as well, with a ...
Hundreds of artifacts were discovered, Egyptian officials said.
As part of the project, archaeologists opened six stone sarcophagi built into one of the walls. The room, referred to as the cloister, is known to house the tombs of several noble families from ...
Although the sarcophagi of the emperors were raided by Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade in 1204, some of the oldest porphyry sarcophagi have survived: two in the atrium of the Hagia Eirene, four outside the Archaeological Museum, and a fragment of a seventh in the museum's "Istanbul through the Ages" pavilion; this fragment is believed to be ...
Sarcophagi of Helena and Constantina, daughter of Constantine I, from her mausoleum at Santa Costanza (now in Vatican Museums). Detail of the central panel of the Sarcophagus of Stilicho, Basilica of Saint Ambrose, Milan. Early Christian sarcophagi are those Ancient Roman sarcophagi carrying inscriptions or carving relating them to early ...
Two large porphyry sarcophagi from the church are now in the Vatican; the larger and more famous (illustrated) in the Vatican Museums, where it was moved during the late 18th century and is on display. [5] The smaller was moved in St Peter's itself (left transept) in 1606.